Police were called to three early morning road crashes on Saturday, which left two people needing hospital treatment.

In a series of collisions, an electricity pole was broken in two after it was hit by a truck and a woman?s car overturned after careering into a wall.

One accident saw a motorcyclist apparently lose control and smash into a roadside object at Smith?s.

A 38-year-old Smith?s man ? who claimed to be the passenger ? was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with cuts to his chin and left knee and minor arm and leg injuries. His injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Officers could not confirm who the driver was.

Police said the bike was ?extensively? damaged in the crash, which happened on Harrington Sound Road near the junction with Sommersall Road at 2.35 a.m.

Witnesses should call P.c. Mark Lewis on 295-0011.

Elsewhere, a Pembroke woman had a lucky escape when her car hit a wall and then flipped over.

The woman, later arrested on suspicion of drink driving, got minor face injuries after the single vehicle accident on St. John?s Road, Pembroke, at 4.25 a.m. Her car was badly damaged.

In the third crash of the morning, a truck collided collided with a Belco pole in Middle Road, Smith?s - and snapped it in two.

Police closed off a section of road after the accident near the junction with Verdmont Road as utility workers repaired the damage. The driver, a 29-year-old Devonshire man, was not injured but was later arrested on suspicion of drink driving before failing a breath test. The truck was badly damaged, Police said.

Thieves drove a Hamilton Parish resident potty ? when they swiped three palm trees from outside a house.

The trees were being grown in plastic tubs in the yard of the Radnor Road property.

Police said they were stolen sometime earlier last week. They were reported missing on Thursday morning.

Police broke up a large-scale brawl when several patrol units swooped in Pembroke.

The fight happened on Fentons Drive on Thursday at about 7.40 p.m. A force spokesman said ?several individuals? were caught up in the violence.

The men fled on foot, however, when officers arrived.

Patrols, who stayed in the neighbourhood and carried out searches, had initially been called to a reported disturbance on nearby Curving Avenue. A search of the area revealed no problems.

A van has been stolen from Southampton.

The white Nissan Vanette ? registration L0868 ? was driven away from outside a business on Well Bottom, overnight on Saturday. Nothing was stolen from inside the property.

Police said the missing vehicle has blue writing on the front doors and an ?Arctic? logo.

Anyone with information should call the Vehicle Crime Unit on 299-4316.

Boat runs aground

Marine Police were called to a report of a yacht on the rocks in St. George?s ? and found a man unconscious at the helm.

The 58-year-old, from Devonshire, was arrested on suspicion of operating a boat while impaired and later failed a breath test at Hamilton Police Station.

The boat ran aground at about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, in Stocks Harbour. Police said the boat was freed from the rocks and secured on a nearby vacant mooring.

Cruise passenger ill

An elderly cruise ship passenger departing Bermuda fell ill and was taken off the by a Marine and Ports tugboat yesterday before being admitted to hospital.

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last night confirmed the 89-year-old male had been admitted to a general ward after suffering heart problems.

The ship had just left Bermuda for Boston when the sick tourist was taken off the cruiser semi-conscious at about noon on Friday and driven to hospital in an ambulance.