Fewer than 250 JCP&L customers were initially in the dark after the crash on Route 182, police said.
Power was knocked out Wednesday afternoon in Hackettstown after a truck struck a utility pole on Route 182, town police report via nixle.com.
The traffic light was out at Route 46 and Route 182, police said. JCP&L was contacted, police said.
The outage was affecting fewer than 250 customers and restoration was expected by 2:30 p.m., the utility company's outage site said.
At 1:10 p.m., police said much of the town's power was restored.
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After the crash, the pole fell on the QuickChek convenience store on Mountain Avenue, police said. No injuries were reported.
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