Minor Accident Reported As a Result of Wednesday Storm

Power flickered on and off for a few minutes at a time in the tri-boro Wednesday after a morning storm, but according to police and Department of Public Works (DPW) officials, there was no damage and only one accident as a result of the storm.

Capt. Ciro Chimento said there was one minor accident on Route 23 and Kiel Avenue reported at about 10:05 a.m. Wednesday that was caused by a traffic light being out because of the storm. Chimento said the accident was minor and no injuries were reported.

Other than that, Chimento said power flickered on and off Wednesday morning, but that it was the result of outages with JCP&L and not Butler Electric. Some Butler Electric customers in Bloomingdale and Butler also experienced brief outages Wednesday.

"There was no storm damage," Chimento said Thursday.

Lt. John Schwartz said no accidents were reported as a result of the storm in Kinnelon. Schwartz said a woman had reported that she believed her house was struck by lightning, but that police were unable to confirm if a lightning strike occurred at the home.

In Bloomingdale,said the storm did not cause much of a disturbance in Bloomingdale.

"There were a couple phases where the lights went off and on," he said.

Gallagher said the DPW garage, on Union Avenue, lost power for about 20 minutes at one point.

Kinnelon DPW Superintendent John Whitehead was not immediately available.

Storms are expected to continue Thursday afternoon, with flash flood warnings in effect. Patch will have updates on this story.