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Car Crash Black Out

Car Crash Black Out
By Tim Howard
Emergency service personnel shut off electricity in Grafton mid afternoon to allow a young woman trapped in a car after hitting a power-old to be removed from her vehicle.
Coffs Clarence police said the incident occurred after 3pm on Thursday when a Toyota Kluger driving along Victoria St near the intersection with Duke St, left the road and mounted the footpath.
The car smashed the pole’s protective railing before coming to rest against the power pole.
The driver, believed to be a young woman, was injured in the crash and ambulance paramedics treated her at the scene.
The impact severely damaged the passenger side front end of the vehicle.
Grafton Police commander Inspector Jo Reid said emergency personnel requested the electricity supply to be cut off for a short time to allow the woman to be removed from the vehicle safely.
This resulted in a short blackout across Grafton after 4pm on Thursday.
“The power outage was not caused by the impact of the vehicle,” Insp Reid said.
She did not have further details at hand, including the health of the driver.
Witnesses at the scene were uncertain how the vehicle came to leave the road.
Insp Reid said more information about the incident would be released as it came to hand.
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