A DRIVER was taken by road to Wonthaggi hospital with minor injuries on Friday, August 1, at 6.45am after colliding with a power pole on Lyndhurst Street in North Wonthaggi.
The accident is still under investigation by local police.
It’s understood 20 homes in the vicinity of the accident were briefly without power at 9.30am as power to the pole was isolated by AusNet and the pole replaced. Power was restored by 1.45pm to affected customers.
Anyone with information, including dashcam and CCTV, are urged to contact Crime Stoppers or Wonthaggi Police Station on 5671 4100.
Driver rescued after car trapped by live power lines
EMERGENCY services were called to a collision between a car and a power pole on Back Beach Road, Ventnor, on July 28 at 3.30pm near Pyramid Rock Road.
A male driver in his 50s was stuck in the vehicle with live power lines impacting the vehicle. A passing SES volunteer was able to extract the driver before emergency services arrived.
Due to the fallen powerline, which was also smoking and sparking small blazes in nearby scrub/grass, AusNet was called to the scene and turned off power to the fault, which subsequently affected 4100 customers.
At 4.55pm, AusNet were able to restore power to 4014 customers, with an additional 27 customers restored at 5.18pm.
The remaining 59 homes were without power until 11.25pm when AusNet were able to complete a new pole installation and repair the line.
