The truck crashed into a power pole in Augustine St, Waimate. Photo Shannon GilliesPower was cut to hundreds of properties in the Waimate area today after a waste disposal truck knocked into a power pole. Alpine Energy Ltd chief executive Andrew Tombs said the truck crashed into the pole in Augustine St, Waimate causing the power flow to 460 properties to stop about midday. Power was being restored throughout the day to customers; however, 180 customers were still without power this evening. Mr Tombs said a computer programme at a substation detected the crash and shut down power delivery to urban and rural properties.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 23, 2017 06:11 UTC