Live power lines were down on Topanga Canyon Boulevard Monday, March 19, 2018, after a car struck a power pole. The road is slated to be closed until 2 p.m. but could open earlier, Caltrans reports. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)
MALIBU >> Topanga Canyon Boulevard was shut down Monday morning for the second time in a week, but this time the cause is a vehicle crash, not a mudslide, authorities said.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard is closed Monday, March 19, 2018, between PCH and Grand View Drive while crews deal with this power pole that a car knocked over just after 1 a.m. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)
The crash was reported just after 1 a.m. on Topanga Canyon Boulevard about 1 1/2 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said. A vehicle struck a utility pole.
No one from the crash required transport to a hospital, Kimball said.
A SigAlert was issued at 1:47 a.m. shutting down Topanga Canyon Boulevard between PCH and Grand View Drive because live power lines were down in the roadway.
One lane of the roadway was reopened about 9 a.m., with traffic alternating through the area, according to reports from the scene.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard was shut down Thursday through Saturday while Caltrans crews removed 2,500 tons of dirt in 180 truck loads from a rain-induced mudslide.
Here’s what the road looked like before the debris was removed from that March 15 mudslide:
Caltrans posted this image of a mudslide that trapped a number of vehicles and closed Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Malibu early Thursday, March 15, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)
And here is the road on March 17 after Caltrans’ cleanup:
Topanga Canyon Boulevard is seen in a photo posted to Twitter by Caltrans on March 17, 2018, after tons of mud and debris were removed. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)
Caltrans removes the final boulder on March 17:
Caltrans removes the final huge boulder blocking Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Malibu on March 17. The road was closed again early Monday, March 19, but not by a mudslide. Instead, a motorist hit a power pole, causing live wires to fall across Topanga, which was slated to be closed through the afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)
