KINGSTON – A 24-year-old Kirkland man was charged with drunken driving after injuring himself in a single-vehicle crash that caused 545 Kingston area homes to lose power Wednesday morning.

Michael J. Klock, of the 5300 block of Decker Drive in Kirkland, was driving a 2002 Chevy when he struck an electrical pole on Route 72 west of Pleasant Hill Road in Kingston, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

County deputies responded to the crash about 1:35 a.m., which was around the time Kingston and Kingston Township residents lost power.