Image: William Snow / Damaged hydro infrastructure on Yale Road after a truck reportedly struck a hydro pole Tuesday evening in Chilliwack.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Thousands lose power

UPDATE: Yale Road in Chilliwack reopens after hydro pole struck

Sep 30, 2025 | 9:01 PM

UPDATE #3, 9:08 A.M.: Yale Road has fully reopened to traffic near the Best Boyz car wash.

UPDATE #2, 6:17 A.M. WEDNESDAY: BC Hydro now reports on its website that only 401 customers remain without power as of 5:15 a.m. Wednesday morning.

However, motorists are reporting that Yale Road near the Vibe/Best Boyz car wash is still blocked Wednesday morning.

UPDATE #1, 9:43 P.M.: BC Hydro crews are now on scene as personnel work to repair the BC Hydro infrastructure damaged after a truck reportedly struck a pole along Yale Road in Chilliwack. Hydro’s website was last updated at 9:38 p.m.

Cass Saunders tells Fraser Valley Today that Yale Road is blocked off at Airport/Yale and in front of the Vibe strata complex (45555 Yale Road).

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CHILLIWACK — Over 2,700 customers in Chilliwack are without power Tuesday evening due to a motor vehicle incident.

According to BC Hydro’s online outage dashboard, 2,704 customers lost power at 8:33 p.m. due to a vehicle accident.

Image: BC Hydro

Chilliwack firefighters radioed dispatch at 8:46 p.m. asking that City of Chilliwack public works personnel be notified.

Fire crews also told dispatch at 8:46 p.m. that Yale Road would be closed off for a significant amount of time Tuesday evening.

Image: Tyler Man / A vehicle that was reportedly involved in the motor vehicle incident.

Firefighters told dispatch that a hydro pole has been sheared off, and transformer fluid is leaking onto the road.

The location of the transformers leaking fluid is estimated to be across from 45579 Yale Road.

Firefighters told dispatch that three transformers are on the road leaking transformer fluid.

Image: Muriel Gillespie

Chilliwack resident Tyler Man, who lives in the vicinity of the Yale Road corridor, told Fraser Valley Today via Facebook Messenger that a truck driver reportedly took out a hydro pole in front of his home.

“We now have no power. The cops quickly showed up as I got through the truck and lost it on him and told the cops that’s the guy they are looking for,” Man said. “I watched the whole thing go down and I came face-to-face with the trucker. If it wasn’t for the cop, things would’ve gotten ugly. The guy needs to take some lessons on how to drive. I totally watched it happening because he was too long to pull in where he did.”

Chilliwack firefighters radioed dispatch at 9:20 p.m. asking when public works crews might arrive since a barricade will need to be set up. Dispatch did not have an ETA for public works crews.