'Close call' collision
The Ohakune Volunteer Fire Brigade were busy over the weekend, with a car accident on Friday, a fire on Saturday and a cat caught up a tree on Sunday. Two appliances, police and traffic officer Ian Harrison attended a 2-car col
lision which occurred on the Dreadnought Road just out of Rangataua, at 4.30pm on Friday afternoon. The occupant of orie vehicle was admitted to Waimarino Hospital, the cont'd onp. 2
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cont'dfrom p. 1 extent of his injuries unknown. Firemen were able to free the person without the use of cutting equipment as was initially anticipated. Petrol spilled from the vehicles was washed away quickly before it could pose a hazard. Both vehicles were extensively damaged and towed away from the scene of the accident. The Brigade also attended a fire which broke out in the ceiling of Benchmark Building Supplies in Ohakune on Saturday evening, shortly after 6pm.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 14, 1 September 1987, Page 1
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154'Close call' collision Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 14, 1 September 1987, Page 1
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