POLICE are investigating a crash in Towradgi which resulted in a local power outage.
About 11am on Sunday, a 20-year-old man was driving a Nissan Patrol south on Pioneer Road when it left the road and struck a power pole on the opposite side of the road.
The driver was trapped in the vehicle for a short time before being freed by rescue services. He was taken to Wollongong Hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries.
As a result of the crash, about 1600 residents and local businesses were left without power for about two and a half hours. Police are investigating the crash.
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About Mick Roberts
A newspaper journalist, writer and local historian, Mick Roberts specialises in Australian cultural history, particularly associated with the Australian hotel and liquor industry. Mick has had an interest in revealing the colourful story of pubs, inns and associated industries in Australia for over 30 years. He is currently working on a comprehensive history of the hotel and liquor industry in the Illawarra region of NSW. Besides authoring a number of history books, Mick has owned and operated several community newspapers. He was one time editor of the Wollongong Northern News, The Bulli Times, The Northern Times, The Northern Leader and The Local - all located in the Wollongong region. As a journalist he has worked for Rural Press, Cumberland (News Limited), Sydney based, City News, and is now with Torch Publications based in Canterbury Bankstown, NSW.
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