A Powercor spokesman confirmed power had been restored to all affected housholds just after 4pm on Tuesday.

2pm:

Only 51 central Victorian properties remain without power after a b-double hit a power pole on Piper Road on Tuesday morning.

Bendigo police Acting Sergeant Peter Clarke said officers were notified of the incident at 10.35am.

"A b-double truck struck a power pole in the Mancala Innovative Mining and Civil Solutions work site and brought down the power lines onto the truck cab," Acting Sergeant Clarke said. "The power pole was on quite a bit of a lean.

"There was only a single occupant of the truck who was fine but the incident activated all emergency services.

"Powercor made the site safe by turning off the power and we had to block Piper Road for a good hour.

"At the same time as the incident we were getting calls for traffic lights going out across the city which was quite possibly related to the incident.

"The driver is quite lucky; power lines over the top of the cab, it could've been a lot worse."

A Powercor spokesman said the 51 households without power should by fully restored by 4.30pm.

11.55am:

There are 352 central Victorian households without power as Powercor's automatic system has restored the majority of properties.

A Powercor spokesman said nearly 8000 households were without power momentarily just after 10.30am on Tuesday before the automatic system kicked in.

The Powercor website suggests the estimated restoration time for the households still without power is 1pm.

A Fire Rescue Victoria spokesperson said crews were on the scene responding to the incident.

"Twelve firefighters responded to a truck crash in Bendigo East on Tuesday morning," the spokesperson said.

"FRV crews were called to the Piper Road incident at 10:37am after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a truck had crashed into powerlines, bringing down a power pole.

"Firefighters arrived on scene in seven minutes and worked to make the scene safe.

"The incident was declared under control 40 minutes after first arriving and FRV is working on scene with the local power company."

11.17am

Power has been restored to more than 6000 households across central Victoria.

A fault at Prouses Road, North Bendigo, saw nearly 8000 people without power just after 10.30am.

The Powercor website now shows 1725 customers remain without power.

This includes 631 in Bendigo, 608 in North Bendigo, 340 in East Bendigo, 141 in White Hills, four in Wellsford and one in Junortoun.

11.05am

The driver of a truck that appears to have hit a power pole in East Bendigo is safe but remains in the vehicle.

Bendigo police are on scene in Piper Road.

A spokesperson said police were unsure what had exactly had occurred.

Emergency services are waiting for Powercor to turn off the power before they can fully assess the driver and clarify what happened.

Earlier

POWERCOR is investigating a fault at Prouses Road, North Bendigo, that has left nearly 8000 customers without power.

The incident occurred just after 10.30am on Tuesday.

Powercor's current estimated restoration time is 1pm.

Other news:

Emergency services are on scene in Piper Road in East Bendigo, where it appears a power pole has been hit by a vehicle.

Three fire trucks, a police van and two State Emergency Service vehicles are attending, along with paramedics.

Piper Road is closed and traffic is being diverted via Piper Lane.

Among those affected by the blackout are 2076 customers in Eaglehawk, 1521 in California Gully, 830 in North Bendigo, 712 in Jackass Flat, 631 in Bendigo, 340 in East Bendigo, 218 in Bridegwater on Loddon, 190 in Woodvale, 178 in Dingee, 173 in Raywood, 148 in Serpentine, 141 in White Hills, 126 in Neilborough, and 104 in Sebastian.

At least 7993 households are affected in total.

More to come

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