More Than 1,000 Duquesne Light Customers Lose Power In Carnegie Area During Super Bowl

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- More than 1,000 Duquesne Light customers in the Pittsburgh area lost power Sunday night, right in the middle of the first half of the Super Bowl.

The outages first started being reported around 7:30 p.m.

As of 8 p.m., more than 500 customers in Carnegie and more than 200 customers in Rosslyn Farms were without power. In Pennsbury Village, more than 600 customers had no power.

Smaller outages were reported in Robinson Township, were 42 customers were without power, and Crafton, where only four customers were without power.

In total, 1,457 customers were affected.

Around 8:30 p.m., power had been restored to most customers -- just in time for them to catch Justin Timberlake's halftime performance.

Duquesne Light officials say a vehicle that crashed into a pole caused the outage.

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