HOPEWELL, Va. -- UPDATE: As of 6:30 p.m on Friday, a Hopewell public information officer confirmed that power had been restored to those affected by the outage
A crash has caused a power outage to a large section of Hopewell.
More than 1,000 Dominion Energy customers are without power in the areas of East Randolph Street, City Point, the Appomattox Regional Library, and city office buildings.
"Due to power outage the following Hopewell City offices and facilities will be closed and unavailable until further notice: Treasurer's Office, Commissioner of Revenue, Real Estate Assessor's Office, DMV Select, Dept. of Social Services, Library, and Courthouse Building," a Hopewell spokesperson shared in an email.
The accident was first reported at about 7 a.m. and no injuries were reported.
Additional details have not yet been released.
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