Day spent without power after truck backs into pole

North East Valley residents were without power all day yesterday after a removal truck smashed into a power pole.

The Conroy Removals truck driver's mistake closed two streets in the suburb and
cut power to residents in the area.

The truck hit a pole at the intersection of Beechworth St and Ainslee Pl about 8.20am.

The impact caused the bottom of the concrete power pole to crumble and left it on a lean with lines dangling low over the street.

Firefighters blocked off the street before contractors from Delta arrived to work on the damaged pole.

Willowbank station officer Kris Kennett said high voltage power lines were among those to come down.

Firefighters put cordons in place and ensured no-one went under the downed lines, Mr Kennett said.

The downed line resulted in power being shut off to some residents.

As far as he was aware, no-one was under or near the power pole when it came down.

Conroy Removals managing director David Conroy could not comment about how the crash happened until the incident had been properly investigated, but said the truck driver was all right.

 — Additional reporting Molly Houseman