(in South Australia) a pole that carries electricity cables above ground.
the man became trapped when his Ford sedan crashed into a stobie pole and exploded into flames
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- The truck had narrowly missed hitting a stobie pole alongside the entry gate.
- Traffic also is slow on Payneham Rd at Evandale while crews work to replace a stobie pole after an accident overnight.
- Schools will be involved in art projects to paint stobie poles in surrounding streets, as "naked" stobie poles are a frequent graffiti target.
- About 4.30am a truck crashed into a stobie pole, causing power lines to come down.
- Stobie poles march in their thousands across the South Australian landscape.
- Road restrictions and diversions are in place after police were alerted to the significantly damaged stobie pole and smashed traffic light about 6.15am.
- A broken stobie pole lies precariously on high-tension wire - damaged perhaps due to the high winds - next to a playground in Port Norlunga.
- Two young police officers risked their lives to save a driver trapped in his burning car which hit a stobie pole and exploded at Smithfield Plains.
- If someone hits a stobie pole after a tyre blowout an injured driver cannot claim compensation and is left at the mercy of the public health system.
- It left the road and hit a parked van, a stobie pole, gas meter and water hydrant before ploughing into the Singapore House restaurant.