The crash scene on Thursday night, with the car against the power pole to the left.
The driver of a Toyota 4Runner crashed into a power pole on The Parade North Haven, taking out electricity supply to hundreds of homes east of the Ocean Drive roundabout.
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The crash happened at about 11pm Thursday March 9. Police, fire and paramedic crews attended.
The driver, a 27-year-old North Haven man, was given a roadside breath test which returned a positive reading.
He was arrested and taken to Laurieton Police Station where he returned a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, 0.174.
The man’s drivers’ licence was immediately suspended.
Electricity was restored to affected homes by mid-morning Friday March 10.
