Police looking for driver.
AMARILLO. TEXAS -- Update 11:30 a.m.
Amarillo Police are looking for the driver of a hit and run wreck that disturbed power for nearly 1000 Amarillo residents early Friday morning.
Police say a 1994 Honday was northbound on 1-27 when it went to take the Buchanan Street exit. At the split, the car left the roadway, hit an uprooted tree and continued northbound. The car also hit a guide wire which looped over the live electric lines causing a short leading to the blackout of parts of the downtown area.
The car came to rest in a field near the Pronews 7 studios off Buchanan, police said. They are still on the lookout for the driver.
Previously posted
Downtown Amarillo was without power for the second time this week, this time because of a car wreck.
Xcel Energy says nearly 1000 of its customers in or around downtown lost power early this morning between 2:13 and 3:08. The power company cited a car wreck as the reasoning for the outage. According to Wes Reeves of Xcel Energy, the wreck caused a guywire to break and impact power lines but fortunately power was only out for about an hour.
