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Wednesday 3 May 2017
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Truckie saves the day
Richmond’s Liam Perks-Richards, four, dressed up as the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter at its open day. Photo: Brittany Spencer.
Simon Bloomberg Reporter
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Three people could easily have been killed in a crash on the Coastal Highway on Friday when a truck and trailer lost control after swerving to avoid a head-on collision and careering towards on-coming traffic on a blind corner. Instead everyone walked away after the truck driver “did a magnificent job” and the two car drivers reacted quickly, taking evasive action to miraculously miss the the truck and its trailer which flipped and skidded across the road. The truck driver was shaken after the crash but the only casualty was a trailer load of apples which was strewn across the Coastal Highway near the Pukeko Lane intersection. “We could have easily had two people dead in one car and another dead in the other car,” senior constable Alfred Blair, who attended the crash, says. “The truck driver did a magnificent job to avoid a head-on and the two drivers did well, too. “There was a couple in the first car and the partner yelled ‘floor it’ to the driver and they just accelerated out of the way. The second car went up the bank to miss the truck and trailer so everyone was very lucky.”
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Rescue helicopter gets a boost Children, dressed as minihelicopters, buzzed around the hangar while real live choppers whirred through the skies at the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Open Day on Sunday. The annual open day drew a crowd of around 3000
people and Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust’s general manager Paula Muddle couldn’t be happier. “It was a great day, everyone enjoyed our winch display,” Paula says. “The costume competition was insane and a lot of
people took the opportunity to come up to our crew and personally thank them, which was really good to see.” The day acted as a showcase for the region’s emergency services while also being a fund-raiser for the trust.
“The Marlborough Ulysses Club rode over to present us with a $1000 cheque and we raised $4000,” Paula says. “But for us, the day is about opening our doors and reminding people that we are here in the community for them.”
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