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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Vehicle incident

Update: Power restored after single-vehicle collision on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack

Mar 25, 2025 | 12:25 PM

UPDATE 2:32 p.m., TUESDAY: Power has now been restored to the Cottonwood Centre mall and surrounding businesses after the power outage at 11:36 a.m.

Original story below: 

CHILLIWACK — A motor vehicle accident on Luckakuck Way near Envision Financial has led to a power outage involving more than 550 customers in Chilliwack, including the Cottonwood Centre mall.

According to scanner dispatch, Chilliwack Fire, B.C. Ambulance and Chilliwack RCMP were dispatched shortly before noon Tuesday after a vehicle struck a hydro pole near Envision Financial.

The crash resulted in a transformer dangling from the pole.

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Luckakuck Way was closed from Topaz to an area just west of Envision Financial during the incident.

BC Hydro says 581 customers lost power at 11:36 a.m. Crews are expected to arrive by 12:25 p.m.

The crash left two nearby intersections without power as well as Cottonwood mall.