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Power out in St. Bernard for 6000 after vehicle strikes equipment - WWLTV.com

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ST BERNARD, La. — Almost 6,000 customers are without power in St. Bernard Parish on Saturday night, according to the Entergy outage map.

Entergy alerted customers of the outage around 8:38 p.m. Their map shows areas along West Judge Perez Drive and West St. Bernard Highway are without power.

Entergy says a vehicle struck some of their equipment, causing the power outage. Crews are on site making repairs.

The company estimates power will be restored at 11:30 p.m.

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