Thread: Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

Originally Posted by BRADS

Dannevirke people mate need I say more


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Glad I don't live in Dannevirke

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Why is he sitting on the back? And does nobody teach kids to drive anymore?

Waiting for his mates too pull him out or stopping it from going over board. Teaching PT now,well the Mrs is I'm yet to be the passenger yet. And he is not learning up the road.

100 metre drop at Masterton-Castlepoint Rd last Friday.

survived?

Originally Posted by smidey

survived?

Yes

Shocks kept a man alive after he drove off a steep bank, crawled from the wreckage and dragged himself along an electric fence to find help, a friend believes.

The car he was driving was completely mangled after it missed a corner on Masterton-Castlepoint Rd 15 minutes east of Masterton early on Saturday, went through a fence, rolled about 100 metres down a steep bank, and stopped on its roof.

A friend, who asked not to be named, said she and others couldn't believe he had emerged from the wreckage alive.

"Everyone thought he was dead... he's got nine lives, that boy," she said. He had been wearing a seat belt.

Wairarapa police senior sergeant Jymahl Glassey said the man, the car's sole occupant, was hospitalised with moderate injuries and that speed and alcohol were possible factors in the crash. An investigation was continuing.

However the friend said the man had not been drinking, did not speed and knew the road well. He had been working long hours and may have fallen asleep at the wheel, she said.

Speaking at the scene as workers removed the wreckage this afternoon, she said the accident happened about 1.30am on Saturday when the man appeared to have gone straight instead of turning, smashing through a sign warning of a sharp bend, and rolling down the slope.

Bleeding heavily from several bad cuts but, incredibly, with no broken bones, he passed out for a while before struggling out the back door and grabbing a nearby electric fence, she said.

"We think that's what kept him alive – the shocks ... It's hard to believe anyone could survive that," she said of the crash.

Over the next four hours he made his way along the electric fence, eventually reaching the road at about 5.30am and flagging down a passing car.

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She was told he was close to death by the time he reached Wairarapa Hospital.

"He's that kind of guy, he's a tough guy. He was fighting, determined to survive ... we're just glad he's still here."

He had since been discharged from hospital and was recovering well, she said.

The man did not respond to a request for comment.

wow. only one thing, how would the shocks keep him alive?

Originally Posted by smidey

wow. only one thing, how would the shocks keep him alive?

media wrote that not me,they are full of shit.

Originally Posted by Dundee

media wrote that not me,they are full of shit.

yeah i know it's a news story.

i wonder how people know that a defib actually stops the heart out of an irregular rhythm. it doesn't start the heart.

Ouch! Looks like it might have been a Subaru, guess they aren't idiot-proof after all!

I guess it could stop you passing out? Its not like an electric fence is gonna pack enough punch to stop/start a heart anyway.

got a call from a mate "can i get a tow?" he had been playing down in the delta and following some tracks from someone that had gone though before the rain. took 3 real good pulls on the ropes tog et him free from the real soft stuff.

A few months back, had a bad day

Originally Posted by specweapon

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A few months back, had a bad day

Um I think you have the mower set a bit low

Originally Posted by Gibo

Um I think you have the mower set a bit low

and you need to clean out the dam

Originally Posted by specweapon

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A few months back, had a bad day

@specweapon



I did exactly the same thing helping out on a mates vineyard a year or so ago.

I was sweating bullets for getting his tractor stuck......... He though it was bloody funny and was pleased I did it instead of him.

Took his other tractor and a neighbours to haul it out.

Cheers
Pete