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Vehicle knocks out electricity in Prince Albert, Sask. after hitting power pole

Prince Albert Police Service vehicle.
Police in Prince Albert said a vehicle collision caused a power outage in the city on Saturday. File / Global News

The Prince Albert Police Service said parts of the city and surrounding central Saskatchewan area lost power on Saturday due to a vehicle collision.

Officers said they were dispatched to 6th Avenue and River Street West and found that a vehicle had hit a power pole.

Police said they learned that an altercation had taken place inside the vehicle just before the crash.

Officers said 36-year-old Timothy Iron was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, willful damage and breach of court-ordered release conditions.

Iron made his first court appearance Monday morning.

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