A vehicle that hit a power pole knocked out power to a nearby block on Saturday, October 16, 2010. Photo by Gary McAuley.

NICE, Calif. – A driver fled the scene Saturday night after driving their vehicle into a power pole in Nice.

The crash occurred at around 11 p.m. Saturday on Floyd Way, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A Dodge Neon went into the power pole and sheared it in half before the driver got out and left the scene, according to initial reports. No injuries were reported by the CHP.

Reports from the scene indicated a sheriff's deputy who first arrived on the scene didn't see the downed power lines and got her patrol car's light bar snagged on them. The deputy was not harmed and the car later was untangled from the lines, which weren't powered.

The CHP said the entire block was out of power because of the crash.

Northshore Fire and the sheriff's office arrived to help stabilize the scene by blocking off Floyd Way to keep the public out of the area, the CHP said.

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The driver of this vehicle reportedly fled the scene after the crash on the night of Saturday, October 16, 2010. Photo by Gary McAuley.