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Update: 500+ customers lose power after truck snags utility lines in Kahului

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Update: 2:37 p.m., Thursday, May 18, 2023

All the remaining Kahului customers were restored around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, after crews completed repairs to downed utility lines and a broken utility pole. The damages were the result of a traffic accident in which a semi-truck carrying a garbage truck, snagged and pulled down cable and power lines and broke a utility pole on Lono Ave. near W. Kauaʻi St.

Hawaiian Electric restores power to majority of Kahului

Update: 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 18, 2023

Around 7:40 a.m. today, about 595 customers in the Kahului area of Lono Ave. and W. Kauaʻi St. experienced an outage after a semi-truck carrying a garbage truck snagged and pulled down cable and power lines and broke a utility pole in the area. 

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Hawaiian Electric crews were able to restore a majority of power to affected customers by 8:30 a.m. and are working to bring a remaining 63 customers back online as they make repairs to the downed lines and damaged pole.

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The Maui Police Department reports there are electrical and utility lines down in the Kahului area, resulting in power outages and some road closures along Lono Avenue and West Kauaʻi Street.

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Areas impacted include:

Lono Avenue at West Kauaʻi
Lono Avenue at Hina 
Lono Avenue at West Lānaʻi
West Kauaʻi at Maoli

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