Crash, Downed Pole Closes Topanga Canyon In Malibu For 2nd Time In A Week
MALIBU (CBSLA) — A stretch of Topanga Canyon Boulevard is closed again for the second time in a week, this time for a crash that brought down a pole.
The crash was reported just after 1 a.m. Monday on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, about 1-1/2 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said. The car hit a utility pole.
No one from the crash required hospitalization, Kimball said.
A SigAlert was issued at 1:47 a.m., closing Topanga Canyon between PCH and Grand View Drive because live power lines were down in the roadway.
#Topanga Canyon Blvd (Route 27) is closed between #PCH (Route 1) and Grand View Dr. after a car knocked down a power pole. Estimated opening possibly 2 pm, subject to change. No injuries to driver. pic.twitter.com/yBS2ScSVCU
— Caltrans District 7 (@CaltransDist7) March 19, 2018
The closure is expected to remain in effect through at least 8 p.m. while repairs are made, but it could reopen before then.
Topanga Canyon had just reopened Saturday after being closed for more than two days following a mudslide Thursday. Heavy rain brought down 2,500 tons of dirt from the hillsides onto the roadway.
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