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Power back on after crash knocks out electricity to thousands in Greenbrier area of Chesapeake

Dominion Energy's outage map showed more than 2,500 customers were without power shortly after the wreck on Volvo Parkway.
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake police said a crash involving two vehicles caused a power outage that affected a couple thousand customers in the Greenbrier area Tuesday.

Officers received a report about the wreck in the 1000 block of Volvo Pkwy. shortly before 12:45 p.m.

An SUV that was heading Kempsville Road toward Greenbrier Parkway when a vehicle made a left turn in front of it. The SUV swerved to avoid hitting the vehicle, ran off the road, and hit a power box.

Police said there were minor injuries.

Dominion Energy's outage map showed that more than 2,500 customers in the Greenbrier area were without power immediately after the crash. By 3 p.m., the outage map showed that power was restored.

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