WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Thousands of Ozarks Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Tuesday, July 2, according to the power outage map.
A spokesperson with Ozarks Electric said the widespread outage was caused by a dump truck hitting a power pole at the Eco Vista Landfill in Tontitown.
As of 11:30 a.m., Ozarks Electric's website outage map reported over 4,000 Washington County customers without power.
The incident caused issues with a substation in Tontitown and impacted a larger area, officials said.
Crews responded to the scene, and power was restored at 12:45 p.m.
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