Redmond woman injured when SUV leaves Negus Way, shears off CEC pole; 200 lose power

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Redmond woman was taken to the hospital with apparent non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday after her SUV left Negus Way east of Redmond and sheared off a power pole, the top of which landed on her roof, authorities. About 200 people lost power for nearly two hours as a result.

The crash occurred around 12:15 p.m. as the woman was heading north on Northeast Negus Way, just south of Upas Avenue, Deschutes County sheriff's Sergeant Aaron Harding said.

A Central Electric Cooperative power pole was severed in the crash, and the top of it came to rest on the vehicle’s roof, Harding said. No power lines fell on the car, but deputies waited until a CEC crew was on scene to assure it was safe to remove her from the SUV.

The driver was not cited, the sergeant added.

The crash and power pole repairs blocked Negus Way into the afternoon, until flaggers could direct one-way traffic around repair crews.

Central Electric crews were able to isolate the pole and restored power to the nearly 200 affected members just before 2 p.m., the co-op said. Line crews continued working at the scene to replace the damaged pole.