Whanganui news in brief: Tree falls injuring two people, polling day and more
16 Feb, 2021 06:01 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Tree falls injuring two people
Two people received minor injuries when a tree fell on a vehicle on Turakina Valley Rd near Hunterville on Tuesday. Police were alerted to the incident around 9.20am and St John staff attended to two occupants of the vehicle. Police said there were no traffic issues on the relatively quiet road. The incident happened while a strong wind watch was in place.
Power outage
More than 1000 properties in Springvale were without electricity yesterday. The outage occurred around 6.30am, a Powerco spokesperson said. Power was restored for 810 customers by 8.30am but it was a longer wait for the remaining 355 customers. Properties in Hunterville and Marton also suffered power outages yesterday afternoon. There was also a planned outage affecting 121 customers in Brunswick. It was part of scheduled works happening in the a
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