THOUSANDS of Bellarine residents sand businesses were without power on Tuesday morning after a car hit a power pole in Wallington.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Sean Drew from Bellarine Police said a man in his 30s was travelling north along Grubb Road when he hit a power pole one kilometre south of Andersons Road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vehicle caught fire when the pole landed on the car.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were lucky there was no wind and the fire was contained quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sgt Drew said a witness stopped and helped the man out of his car, before an ambulance took him to hospital for observation.<\/p>\n
He said an inquiry was pending, but police believed driver error was to blame.<\/p>\n
Sgt Drew said this accident was a timely reminder about the dangers of driving while fatigued.<\/p>\n
Three police units, two CFA units and Powercor attended the accident site.<\/p>\n
The car hit the pole at 7am and Grubb road was closed in both directions between Portarlington Road and the Bellarine Highway for most of the day.<\/p>\n
Power was lost to areas including Wallington, Clifton Springs, Curlewis, Drysdale, Marcus Hill and Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THOUSANDS of Bellarine residents sand businesses were without power on Tuesday morning after a car hit a power pole in Wallington. Sergeant Sean Drew from Bellarine Police said a man in his 30s was travelling north along Grubb Road when he hit a power pole one kilometre south of Andersons Road. \u201cThe vehicle caught fire […]<\/p>\n