RAPID CITY, S.D. – A hit-and-run caused a large-scale power outage in southern Rapid City Friday night.
On May 9, shortly after 9:00 p.m. police were called to the area of Pendleton Drive and Culvert Street for a report that a pickup truck hit an electrical box and then left the scene of the crash.
Rapid City Police say damage to the electrical box shut down power to a large portion of southern Rapid City.
Police identified the truck and its owner, 36-year-old Bronson Byrd of San Juan Capo, California.
Byrd was located by law enforcement Saturday afternoon and was taken into custody for leaving the scene of an accident.
He was taken to the Pennington county jail.
