(Photo taken by Frank Sparks, Beaver County Radio)
(New Brighton, Pa.) Trees that fell on power lines and a vehicle in New Brighton late Sunday evening in the area of 5th street hill and 13th Ave in New Brighton and knock the power out for a good portion of that area and the Oak Hill section of New Brighton. Duquesne Light reported that over 300 customers were without power. As of 5:45 AM Monday morning Duquesne Light crews were still on the scene repairing the lines on 5th Street hill just past the Hunkey Alley section of town. Power was restored to some sections of town shortly after 3 AM Monday morning.
Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is checking this morning to see how many customers are still without power.
As of 5:45 AM Monday morning 5th Street was still closed from 7th to 11th Avenue.
UPDATE 7:20 AM: Due to the heavy rain and high winds, and downed trees as of 6:50 a.m. 693 customers in New Brighton are without power. Brighton township and Economy Borough each have 1 outage, New Sewickley township also has 1.