A car has crashed on the same stretch of main road a double cab ute collided with a tree and killed a man yesterday Saturday 12.
Tongan correspondent Faka’osi Maama shared a livestream video of the incident on his Facebook account.
As Kaniva News reported yesterday, Penisimani Tu’ungafasi, an employee at Fua’amotu airport, died after the ute he was in crashed on the roadside of Taufa’āhau Rd in Pelehake.
The Pelehake crash this afternoon was the third of three vehicle crashes that occurred within hours today. All three hit power poles, causing various outages on Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu.
The crashes have kept Tonga Power electricians busy since this morning.
The company said that about three separate crashes into power poles had occurred in Kolomotu’a, Longoteme, and Malapo.
No injuries were reported in the three Sunday crashes.
In its alert following the first accident, the company said a vehicle hit a power pole in Longoteme.
“Please be advised that there is currently a temporary power outage affecting your areas due to a vehicle hitting one of our power poles in Longoteme”, it said.
“Our technical team is currently addressing the situation, and we anticipate restoring power within the next two hours.
“We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to resolve the issue.
Thank you for your patience and understanding”.
In its second alert, it said a vehicle crashed into a power pole at Kolomotu’a.
It said: “Please be advised to customers in the areas of kolomotua including areas of sopu and isileli due to an accident to one of our power poles at sopu area we will turn off power to your areas to allow for repair and maintenance to the broken power pole. The emergency power outage is planned for 1:30pm to 5pm today”.
The third accident in Pelehake caused an outage starting from Malapo to Fua’amotu.
“Please be informed that power supply to your areas will be temporarily interrupted today, Sunday, 13th October 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m. This outage is necessary to allow our linesmen to replace a damaged power pole caused by an accident in Pelehake.
“Once the repairs are complete, power will be restored without further notice.
“We once again apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding”.
