Updated: 6:45am – A man has been flown to Nelson Hospital with serious injuries after his car went over a 30-metre cliff near Kaiteriteri, in the Tasman District.
Tasman Police Senior Sergeant John Price said emergency services received a call at 2.20pm to the scene on Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd on Wednesday.
St John, Police, fire crews and a helicopter from Nelson attended the crash. Price said the car was found on its roof at the bottom of a hill on the Marahau side of the road.
Constable Daniel Steele, of Motueka police said the man, aged in his 70s, was travelling towards Marahau when he plunged off the road, narrowly missing some large rocks. “He’s a lucky man,” Steele said.
Price said the car was found on its roof at the bottom of a hill on the Marahau side of the road.
Constable Daniel Steele, of Motueka police said the man, aged in his 70s, was travelling towards Marahau when he plunged off the road, narrowly missing some large rocks.
“He’s a lucky man,” Steele said.
Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter spokesman Tim Douglas-Clifford said the helicopter crew winched a man from the car.
It was unclear where the car left the road but a nearby slip on the corner of Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd may have factored into the crash, he said.
-Stuff
Featured image: A car that plunged 30m off the Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd on the afternoon of Anzac Day lies upside down in a gully. CHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF
