Troutman police officers directed traffic at major intersections Tuesday morning after a power outage knocked out traffic lights in town. Crews worked to restore electricity.
Troutman police officers directed traffic during the outage. According to qcnews.com, a transmission outage around 10 a.m. Tuesday caused more than 10,000 customers in Troutman to lose power, though the cause was still being investigated.
With traffic lights down across town, police instructed drivers to treat any intersection without a working signal and no officer present as a stop sign. That guidance lines up with North Carolina law, which under G.S. 20-158 requires drivers to stop in obedience to an installed stop sign and yield the right-of-way to vehicles on the through highway.
Restoration Numbers Shift Through the Day
By noon, officials said more than 6,500 customers had their power restored, the station's report noted. Duke Energy had expected power to be restored around 1 p.m. Tuesday, per the same account, though the outage map maintained by Duke Energy tracks restoration progress in real time for customers checking on their own service.
Police Presence During the Outage
Troutman police officers directed traffic during the daytime outage. Drivers in the area should use caution at intersections where signals are not working.
