Accident at intersection of Ninth Street and Centennial Drive causes overnight power outage

An injury accident at the intersection of Ninth Street and Centennial Drive caused a power outage for 189 Westar Energy customers early Wednesday morning.

There were no serious injuries in the accident, according to Operation 100 News.

Westar representative Gina Penzig said customers were without power from about 2 a.m. to about 8 a.m.

Penzig said the outage was caused by damage done to a power pole in the accident.

Traffic on Ninth Street was delayed during rush hour while crews fixed the power pole.