Crash strikes power for hundreds in downtown Durham; Durham Bulls game delayed :: wral.com

A failure has triggered power for more than 2,000 people in the city center of Durham.

According to the Durham Bulls on X, a traffic accident near Durham Bulls Athletic Park in parts of the city center and in the stadium has triggered power.

The Durham police authority announced Wral News that a car was hit against several electricity pylons at 4:38 a.m. in the South Duke Street and the Yancey Street.

Duke Energy failure cards estimate that more than 2,469 customers in the city center of Durham are without electricity.

In the failure, the Durham Performing Arts Center, which will organize an event this evening. A spokesman for the center said that the building has electricity and the planned performance would continue as planned.

The Durham police closed the South Duke Street from Morehead Avenue to Jackson Avenue, and the course of the Duke Freeway to the South Duke Street is also closed.