Power restored to 17,000 in Salinas after police talk man down from power pole
UPDATE: 7:58 P.M.
About 17,000 customers have their lights back on after the Salinas Police Hostage Negotiation Team and Monterey County crisis workers talked a man down from an electrical power pole, police said.
Police said the 47-year-old man yelled at officers to shoot him.
The crisis forced Pacific Gas & Electric crews to deactivate the powerline on Sansome Street north of the Amtrack station.
It took negotiators 3.5 hours to talk the man down, but he jumped the last 12-15 feet and police said he may have fractured his tailbone.
He was taken to Natividad Medical Center for evaluation, police said.
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About 17,000 customers in Salinas were without power this afternoon after a man climbed up a power pole on the 200 block of Sansome Street and refused to come down, according to the Salinas Fire Department.
PG&E said it’s working on getting power restored to all customers.
The incident happened after 10 a.m.
