UPDATE: Power restored after brief outage in Point, Hull, Park Ridge

Metro Wire Staff

Crews from Wisconsin Public Service restored power to the majority of just over 4,000 customers after an outage that lasted less than 30 minutes on Wednesday.

The outage affected over 3,900 customers in Stevens Point, 120 in Stockton, 400 in Sharon 23 people in Park Ridge, and 1,252 in Hull.

The outage was caused when a dump truck struck a power pole near Maria Dr. and Union St. shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

According to Lt. Victor Kedrowski from the Stevens Point Fire Department, a dump truck unloading materials for the redevelopment project at the former St. Joseph Convent accidentally knocked down power lines as he was lowering the bed of his truck.

Paramedics were staged nearby in case the motorist needed medical treatment but were quickly dismissed from the scene.

Kedrowski said WPS was already in the area working when the collision occurred. There were no injuries, he said.