840 homes hit by power cut today after lorry damages overhead power cables
More than 800 homes were hit by a power cut after a lorry brought down overhead power cables.
UK Power Networks engineers restored power to 840 customers in Coggeshall and Earls Colne over about four hours.
A lorry damaged overhead lines as it was travelling through Prentice Place, Coggeshall, today.
A UK Power Networks spokesman said: “The incident was reported at 10.36am and as the repair work progressed, power was restored in stages between 10.37am and 2.09pm.”
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