Elderly woman dies in Waterloo crash that knocked out power to thousands

Waterloo Regional Police say a 95-year-old woman has died following a crash on Friday morning that knocked out power to thousands of residents.

Emergency crews were called to the area of Union and Weber streets in Waterloo for reports of a single-vehicle crash at around 9:20 a.m.

Police said it appears the vehicle, driven by the elderly woman, struck a hydro pole and knocked out power in the area.

“We’re still working to determine exactly what occurred and the cause of the collision,” Const. Andre Johnson.

He said Waterloo North Hydro was called to help as a result of the incident.

“We had to have hydro attend the area to shut down the power to the area,” Johnson said.

Waterloo North Hydro tweeted that over 4,000 customers were impacted by the outage, however most had their power restored by noon.

Roads in the area were closed and drivers were asked to avoid the scene for the cleanup and investigation.

It was one of three major investigations in Kitchener-Waterloo on Friday morning.

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Emergency crews were also called to a fatal car explosion at Duke and Frederick streets at around 10:30 a.m.

Meanwhile, officers were also in the area of King Street and Jackson for reports of a man with a gun after a taxi driver was assaulted.

The man fled on foot and there is a large police presence in the area.