Update: Car Crash Leaves St. Charles Neighborhoods in the Dark

Update:

Power was restored to most of the 2,300 homes in unincorporated St. Charles County who lost power Wednesday night after a car crash on Jungs Station Road knocked out power lines.

At 9 a.m. Thursday, just two homes in the 63303 zipcode were without power, according to Ameren UE's outage website.

Barnwell Middle School also lost power Wednesday. School officials canceled the transition day that had been scheduled to get new students used to the middle school routine.

Our earlier story:

Neighborhoods off of Jungs Station Road in unincorporated St. Charles County lost power Wednesday night after a car crashed into a telephone pole.

The driver, a 20-year-old male, suffered only minor injuries when he lost control of his vehicle and hit the pole around 7:50 p.m. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Jungs Station Road was closed near Barnwell Middle School into the night. Power lines and the telephone pole lay across the street.

Some neighborhoods on the south side of Jungs Station Road, including Huntleigh Meadows, regained power around 9 p.m. But other neighborhoods, extending through Plum Creek and Country Side, were still out of power into Thursday morning. As of 12:30 a.m. Thursday, 1,389 homes were without power in the area.

"Sometimes Ameren comes and they're fast, sometimes it takes them hours," Officer Brian Panus of the St. Peters Police Department said.

Tim Snyder, 18, of Brooklands Way, said he was just around the corner when the car collided with the telephone pole. Snyder said entire front half of the vehicle was smashed in.

Residents were frustrated by the lack of power.

"I had to go to my car to charge my phone," Tammy Lincoln of Plum Creek said. "Otherwise I won't have an alarm in the morning."

Along with a lack of power, air conditioning units were not working in the muggy, 82 degree night.

"It's getting real hot in the house," Celia Bennett said. "I'm trying to decide if I should open the windows or not."