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SCARBOROUGH – More than 1,300 homes and businesses in the neighborhoods around Pine Point Road in Scarborough were without electricity late Monday night after a car ran into a utility pole.

A dispatcher for the Scarborough Police Department said the car hit the pole around 10 p.m. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash, but the homes and businesses remained without power late Monday.

A total of 1,357 customers lost power, according to Central Maine Power Co.’s website. Police couldn’t estimate when power might be restored.

Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland...

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