Mead Village area in the dark after tree takes out power lines

Duke Energy is reporting an outage impacting 286 customers in the Mead Village area of Columbus. A utility spokesman says that a tree has fallen through the lines and broke a pole as well. Officials say that a vegetation crews is on site clearing the debris and crews are working to replace the pole and string wire. No estimated time of restoration has been set.

Customers who are without power should call 1-800-343-3525 and report it.