{"id":766803,"date":"2026-06-29T01:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766803\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:33:18","slug":"1400-homes-lose-power-after-serious-crash-topples-powerlines-south-of-hobart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766803\/","title":{"rendered":"1,400 homes lose power after serious crash topples powerlines south of Hobart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a car crashed and brought down powerlines south of Hobart this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The single-vehicle crash happened on Burwood Drive at Blackmans Bay, bringing down powerlines and cutting electricity to around 1,400 properties in Blackmans Bay and Huntingfield.<\/p>\n<p>Police say one person sustained serious injuries and has been taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A second person suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was also transported to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fallen powerlines forced the closure of Burwood Drive after the crash. Image \/ Pulse&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cd281a09-nssdizeyww9pqbu_p0pda_zontd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Fallen powerlines forced the closure of Burwood Drive after the crash. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n<p>TasNetworks said it had reduced the number of affected customers to around 320 through switching.<\/p>\n<p>However, the remaining properties are expected to be without power for most of the day because two poles need replacing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The single-vehicle crash brought down powerlines at Blackmans Bay. Image \/ Pulse&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e5e5b15b-31davqwppz6upuw_31iqf_onr2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The single-vehicle crash brought down powerlines at Blackmans Bay. Image \/ Pulse<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Two people were taken to hospital after the car brought down powerlines. Image \/ via Pulse&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0-1024x682.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3f55140-7kjs2n3jaqv2x8r_634da_mnby0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"  \/>Two people were taken to hospital after the car brought down powerlines. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n<p>The fallen powerlines forced the closure of Burwood Drive between Dianella Drive and Lomandra Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Police have asked motorists to avoid the area to allow emergency services to work at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>TasNetworks urged people to stay at least 10 metres from any fallen powerlines or other damage and to report it on 132 004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a car crashed and brought down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-766803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}