A person was seriously injured when their car smashed into a power pole last night, leaving a swathe of east Auckland without electricity overnight.
Emergency services responded to the single-vehicle crash on Whitford-Maraetai Rd just after 8.56pm on Sunday.
Power lines came down on the vehicle and one person was trapped inside, Fire and Emergency NZ northern shift manager Garreth Lewis said.
Four fire trucks attended the crash and firefighters cut the driver out of the car.