A tragic incident left thousands without power in the Chandler area on Sunday night after a car collided with a power pole and burst into flames. The crash, which occurred near McQueen and Ray roads before 10 p.m., resulted in the death of 27-year-old David Ramirez Velasco, as reported by 12news.com.
Chandler police and fire departments were dispatched to the scene of the accident involving a vehicle that struck a transformer pole, following which the vehicle and the pole caught on fire, the live wires danger dangling like specters in the night, darkness creeping where light had been assured, only moments before according to abc15.com. This incident resulted in a massive power outage, affecting approximately 7,000 customers of the utility company SRP.
The outage was resolved relatively quickly with SRP's outage map showing no remaining outages as of 4 a.m. on Monday, ensuring residents were not left in the dark for an extended period. Official statements have yet to detail the full extent of injuries related to the crash besides the fatality reported by 12news.com.
As the Chandler community mourns the loss of Velasco, the circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation, police have yet to release information on whether any other parties were involved or what may have caused Velasco to strike the transformer pole with enough force to trigger such a blaze, and a power cut to boot; this detail which hangs heavy over the incident, a question mark casting a long shadow as law enforcement works to uncover the events that transpired that fateful Sunday night, as documented by abc15.com.
