Boating incidents on dry land usually cause less distress than those at sea. However, some problems were sparked when the mast of a small yacht being towed on a trailer apparently hit and brought down power lines at Tihaka, near Riverton, Southland, at 9.04am today. A police spokesman said that a road crash had initially been reported, but there were no signs of a car at the scene. A member of the public reported that the mast of the passing craft may have hit the power wires, on the Riverton-Orepuki Highway, about 5kms west of Riverton, a police spokesman said. Further details were not immediately available.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 17, 2021 03:56 UTC