BY IAN CROUCH
A man has been taken to hospital after a bad crash at Mayfield West early Friday morning.
Emergency services were called to Industrial Drive at Bull Street just after 1.30am where a car had crashed into a power pole at high speed.
The force of the crash snapped the pole at it's base - Ausgrid crews have been called in to replace it.
Fire & Rescue crews rendered first aid to the 20-year-old driver.
He was transported by Ambulance to the John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition with head injuries.
