Mount Tarcoola woman towing a boat fined after clipping a power pole on Bayly Street

A 28-year-old woman driver returning home from a boating excursion clipped a power line on Bayly Street, causing a road closure near a busy shopping precinct on Sunday afternoon. The Mount Tarcoola woman had clipped a power pole on Bayly Street, between Chapman Road and George Road, near Northgate Shopping Centre while she was towing a boat on a trailer. Police issued the woman an infringement for careless driving. Geraldton police operations manager and acting Sgt Reece Marjoram said the woman was heading home towing a trailer and boat when the trailer hit the pole. Sgt Marjoram said the woman was breath tested, and didn’t blow over, but she was fined for careless driving. “Police and Western Power attended the site while the pole was repaired,” he said. Geraldton police notified the community of the road closure via Facebook just after 3pm on Sunday.