A power outage forces Valcartier Vacation Village to close for the day. A delivery truck hit a power pole and caused the breakage.
“We have a 53ft van that made a bad maneuver exiting the parking lot. He hit a pylon with a medium voltage cable. There is currently no electricity at Village Vacances Valcartier. There are no more pump and filter systems. Unfortunately, they are forced to close the site for the time being. It will take several hours before we can fix all of this,” said Jérôme Sauvageau of the Saint-Gabriel de Valcartier fire department.
The incident happened around 10 a.m. Hydro-Québec’s teams are hard at work on the ground.
Visitors who had to turn back were naturally disappointed by the turn of events. However, they were able to get the assurance that their ticket would be redeemed tomorrow.
“We come from Rimouski. We rented a cabin. We’ll be back tomorrow. We find solutions. We don’t have much of a choice,” said William Gagnon of Rimouski, who was accompanied by all of his young children.
More details to come…