Turkey causes power outage in Sheboygan Co.

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by WDJT Assignment Desk

Story Created: Nov 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM CDT

Story Updated: Nov 18, 2012

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY—Over a thousand people were without power in Sheboygan County after a turkey flew into a power line.

We Energies said that the outage was reported just after 8:00 a.m. Friday.

The turkey flew into a power line and knocked it down causing about 1,500 people to lose power.

It is believed that the knocked down power line was pushed into a second power line.

Power was restored to most customers within an hour.

A handful of customers were without power for an additional 30 minutes.

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