Thousands Without Power In Middletown
Downed Trees, Wires Creating Outages
POSTED: 1:47 pm EDT May 12,
2008
UPDATED: 2:18 pm EDT May 12,
2008
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Downed trees and wires led to power outages in Middletown on Monday afternoon.Police said trees and wires were downed in the area of East and West Lake Drive.Connecticut Light & Power listed 7,275 outages in the city.CL&P was reporting that 4,800 residents across the state were without power as of 1 p.m. The company said that the majority of the outages were due to downed tree limbs falling on wires.
Crews were being dispatched to restore electricity.
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