JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A car crashed into a Florida Power & Light substation in St. Augustine early on Wednesday morning.
St. Johns County deputies responded to a potential vehicle burglary in progress in the parking lot of Woodcrest Apartments. When they entered the parking lot of the reported burglary, two vehicles sped away and eventually crashed. One of the cars that fled smashed into the FPL substation after turning at S.R. 16 and Lewis Speedway around 4 a.m., police said.
The wreck caused approximately 11,000 customers to lose power, according to FPL.
It is unknown, at this time, if anyone was hurt in the crash. No one has been arrested.
No further information about the crash was immediately available. This is a developing story.
