About 200 homes and businesses in Whanganui are without power this morning after a car crash brought down powerlines across a main road.
Detours are in place after car smashed into a powerpole on Mosston Rd today.
A police spokesman said lines had been left across the road and detours were in place around the crash while the power company worked to restore electricity.
The road was closed between Tayforth Rd and Fox St.