School bus hits power pole in Fort Hall causing power outage for 300 Idaho Power customers
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FORT HALL – Hundreds of Idaho Power customers in Fort Hall were impacted by an outage Wednesday morning after a school bus hit a power pole.
Fort Hall Police report the bus driver swerved to miss dogs on Besto Road and hit a power pole. The outage occurred around 7:30 in the Gibson District of the Fort Hall Reservation.
More than 300 homes were affected. No major injuries were reported. The bus driver and 10 students from Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy all walked away from the accident.
“The bus driver and students were all checked and were sent back to school to be picked up by their family. We are thankful they are all safe,” Fort Hall Fire Chief Eric King says in the release.
Crews were working to restore power by 10 a.m. There are 99 customers without power, as of 10:40 a.m., according to Idaho Power’s website. Power restoration is expected to be complete by 4 p.m.