Power was out in parts of North Invercargill from just after 11pm till 6:30am this morning due to a car crashing into a power box on Queens Drive near Windsor.

At 6am the Powernet outages website was showing a power outage in Richmond and Invercargill but that was updated by 6:30am this morning.

A Police media centre spokesperson said, Emergency services received reports of a car hitting a power box on Queens Drive in Windsor around 11.10pm yesterday.

The single occupant of the vehicle had minor injuries.

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