OGDEN — A crash and downed power lines have forced the closure of state Route 39 through Ogden Canyon.

Utah Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Porter said a distracted driver was driving a pickup truck and hit a power pole, blowing the transformer.

Porter said the power pole fell onto another and caused a chain reaction of knocking over power lines across SR-39.

The driver was uninjured and was sited for a traffic infraction.The canyon will closed until 8 p.m.

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