[UPDATE]  The wreck on Northgate Drive has been cleared and the roadway is open.


Northgate Road is closed from June Lane to Old Minden Road, after a car crashed into a pole and knocked down a power line connected to a school zone light.

It happened just after 4 p.m. today. Bossier City spokesman Mark Natale says according to witnesses, the crash happened when the driver of a Chrysler 200 heading northbound on Northgate at a high rate of speed lost control and crashed into the pole at the intersection of Horseshoe Trail.

The driver wasn't injured, but has been arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

 

More From News Radio 710 KEEL