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Subscriber only A man has received a $1,200 fine and licence disqualification after he crashed into a power pole while drunk. Charles Junior Wilson was travelling east along Doolong Road in Kawungan, between Squire and Cod Street about 3.07am on February 26, 2021. While travelling on the road, he veered off the road and collided with a timber power pole on the northern side of Doolong Road, the collision causing major damage to the vehicle and minimal damage to the pole, Police Prosecutor Louese McConnell said. Emergency services and police then arrived at the scene, where Wilson told police he was the driver at the time of the crash and he was uninjured and there were no other occupants .
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A man has been sentenced in Hervey Bay Magistrate Court over a road incident which quickly escalated.
31-year-old William Olen pleaded guilty to five charges, evading police, two counts of assaulting police, obstructing police and possessing explosives.
Police Prosecutor Sonia Edwards said the incident happened on December 13 2020 at 2:15pm.
She said police began to pursue Olen as he accelerated down Main St before he pulled into an address in Rose St Pialba where police confronted him.
“The defendant provided his driver s licence and attempted to walk away from police to go into the dwelling and was advised he was detained and not free to leave,” Ms Edwards said.