UPDATED 8.02AM: Power has been restored to homes and businesses in Mount Maunganui after a truck hitting overhead power lines caused an outage early this morning.
Mount Maunganui Fire Brigade was called to a truck taking out power lines on Hull Road about 1.30am.
Firefighters were called to Hull Road after a truck took out some power lines early this morning.
AS a result of the outage Tauranga Fire Brigade attended a number of false alarm callouts due to flat batteries, says Tauranga Fire Brigade senior station officer Kevin Cowper.
PowerCo contractors worked to restore the power supply and returned power about 8am.
Police are investigating why the truck hit the power lines.
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Posted on 12-04-2014 07:41 | By Johnney
We hear the nation has a shortage of truckies. It would appear we have a greater shortage of good truckies. Everyday we hear of trucks rolling, crashing, and leaving the road. It would be interesting to see what the crash rate stats were a few years back as it app peas this industry is in turmoil and they now have larger rigs on the road. They need to get this sorted !!!
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