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Hydro Ottawa has gotten the lights back on after a large power outage in areas north of Highway 417 from Churchill Avenue to Preston Street on Tuesday afternoon.

The company says the outage was due to a traffic collision.

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Early in the afternoon, downtown traffic was snarled and close to 9,000 customers were affected. Power was restored around 6:30 p.m.