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Members closed part of Awa Street in Otahuhu this morning following a car crash near the Mangere Road intersection. A car had mounted the footpath and ploughed into a plinth containing a power transformer carrying 11,000 volts. The structure was forced off its base, its cover shattered but switch-gear and other equipment remained largely intact. The driver was taken to hospital. Vector staff later declared the scene safe allowing the car to be pulled from the plinth and the road reopened. Engineers say power will be off in parts of Otahuhu, affecting businesses, homes and traffic lights, until later in the day when temporary repairs can be made.

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