A ROAD was blocked this morning after a car crashed and hit a pylon, causing it to fall across the road. 

The incident happened in Peldon at the junction of Peldon Road and Lodge Lane.

UK Power Networks had to switch off power for 34 homes while the damage was fixed.

The crash has now been cleared.

A spokesman for UK Power Networks said: "A traffic accident this morning damaged an electricity pole in the Lodge Lane area of Peldon and in order to carry out repairs, engineers temporarily turned off power supplies to 34 customers at 6.30am.

"We restored power to 33 customers at 10.10am and we are working hard to get the final customer on back on."