A man was flown to Christchurch hospital after crashing in Maruia north of Springs Junction on Saturday.
A man has been flown to Christchurch Hospital after crashing on a Tasman highway. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter picked up a truck driver on Saturday at noon after he crashed on State Highway 65 in Maruia between Creighton and Boundary Roads. Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter pilot Colby Tyrrell said the man had moderate injuries after crashing off the road in a truck. He said the helicopter landed in a nearby paddock and flew the man to Christchurch Hospital for treatment. A police spokesperson said fire, ambulance and police attended the crash.
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A man was flown to Nelson Hospital after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged down a bank. (File photo)
A man was flown to Nelson Hospital by rescue helicopter on Thursday after the vehicle he was in plunged down a bank off the Wangapeka bridge along the Karamea Highway in Buller District. Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter pilot Barry McAuliffe said the chopper crew flew the man to Nelson Hospital. St John communications adviser Gerard Campbell said there were three patients from the crash – one with serious injuries, one with moderate injuries and the other with minor injuries. All three were taken by St John to the Karamea Medical Centre initially.
Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter pilot Colby Tyrrell said he understood the man had suffered some sort of mishap in a logging truck. The injured man had been transported by his colleagues to the main road and was seen by St John paramedics. The helicopter landed on the road at the Kohatu Junction, at the intersection of State Highway 6 and the Motueka Valley Highway by the Kohatu Flat Rock Cafe, to transport the man to hospital. The road was closed temporarily while the helicopter landed, but has since reopened.
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Wife dies in husband s arms in cycling accident in Tasman ranges
2 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Kana Hirose, 50, and husband Otto Lijzenga, 57, from Blenheim. Hirose died on December 24, 2020, during a cycle ride the couple made on the Great Taste Trail in the Spooners Range. Photo / Supplied
Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1
Otto Lijzenga and his wife Kana Hirose were cycling through Spooners Range on Christmas Eve when a hanging branch in the middle of the track divided their paths forever.
Lijzenga went under the branch. Hirose went to the side over loose gravel and 30 minutes later was dead.