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Tuesday 16 December 2014
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Miracle baby heading home
Nelson mum Vicki Frost with her baby boy Jack, who was born four months premature. Photo: Andrew Board.
Andrew Board Baby Jack Frost is on track to go home this week, four months after he was born but just days before his original due date, December 21. Jack’s mum, Vicki Frost, went into labour at just 23 weeks and she was told by doctors at Nelson Hospital that they wouldn’t try to save her baby, he was just too young. But four harrowing months on Jack is healthy, happy and ready to go home for the first time. The incredible journey that Jack, along with Vicki and her husband Marty, have been on has not only touched their friends and family, but the 3000 Facebook followers that Vicki’s page has attracted. She says writing the daily updates of Jack’s battle has
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Mums drive drunk with kids
Drunk mums driving with children, or to pick up children, have shocked Nelson police over the past week. Ten drivers were caught over the drink driving limit over the weekend during a police operation, but worryingly, three of the highest levels of intoxication came from mums, says Inspector Jenni Richardson. “Our highest reading came from a pregwheelchairs mobility scooters walkers/canes electric bed/hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
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nant woman with passengers in her car and the third highest reading was a woman with a young baby in the back seat. You have to wonder how long it is until an innocent life is lost.” A third woman recorded a breath alcohol reading of 440mcg of alcohol per litre of breath, while on her way to pick up a child. The limit is 250 and the pregnant woman registered 880 when tested by police.
Jenni says police were expecting to see an increase in the number of drivers testing in the 250-400 range after a recent law change dropped the legal limit from 400 to 250. “But what we’re seeing is breath alcohol readings in the 800s and 900s, which is outrageous,” she says. Just three weeks ago police publicly said in Nelson Weekly that they would come down hard on drunk drivers this holiday period,
but the message seems to have gone unnoticed, says Jenni. “It’s shocking, given the amount of publicity we have given to drink driving in recent weeks, combined with the fact we’ve made no secret that we will be out checking drivers.” She says there would be an increased police presence on the roads in the lead up to Christmas and through the holiday period, with more checkpoints planned this week.
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