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About 900 AEP customers without power on the Island

AEP officials say the cause of the outage is a car accident.
Credit: 3News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — About 3,000 AEP customers on the Island lost power this afternoon due to a car hitting a pole, AEP officials said.

The number of outages is down to 900. A down primary line, which is the main electrical line, was knocked down when a car hit a utility pole. 

AEP crews are on the scene working on repairs. 

There is no word on when the power may be restored. 

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