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Crash, Downed Pole Closes Topanga Canyon In Malibu For 2nd Time In A Week

MALIBU (CBSLA) — A stretch of Topanga Canyon Boulevard is closed again for the second time in a week, this time for a crash that brought down a pole.

The crash was reported just after 1 a.m. Monday on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, about 1-1/2 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said. The car hit a utility pole.

No one from the crash required hospitalization, Kimball said.

A SigAlert was issued at 1:47 a.m., closing Topanga Canyon between PCH and Grand View Drive because live power lines were down in the roadway.

The closure is expected to remain in effect through at least 8 p.m. while repairs are made, but it could reopen before then.

Topanga Canyon had just reopened Saturday after being closed for more than two days following a mudslide Thursday. Heavy rain brought down 2,500 tons of dirt from the hillsides onto the roadway.

(© Copyright 2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. City News Service contributed to this report.)

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