Woman Hospitalised In Laois Crash

A car struck an ESB pole this morning.

A woman has been hospitalised after a crash in Laois which resulted in a power outage. 

It happened in the Kilmullen area of Portarlington this morning when a car struck an ESB pole. 

The driver, a woman in her 30's, has been brought to Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore with non-life threatening injuries. 

ESB Networks are confirming the crash caused an electricity pole to break causing an outage for a small number of customers with restoration expected later this evening. 

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