The Star: July 20, 2017
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>17 9<br />
crashes<br />
After Mrs Imrie’s death, Dr<br />
Latham met with city council<br />
staff and police, and sought<br />
urgent action on both sites.<br />
While he was pleased to<br />
hear measures were being put<br />
in place, Dr<br />
Latham was<br />
disappointed<br />
at the lack of<br />
communication<br />
from the<br />
city council.<br />
Dr Latham<br />
was unaware<br />
of the plans<br />
to install a Darrell<br />
new section of Latham<br />
barrier south of the bend.<br />
“It would have been good<br />
if the community board<br />
was updated and advised<br />
accordingly. We haven’t had<br />
an update regarding the latest<br />
measures and that would have<br />
been nice.”<br />
Aaron Haymes, city council<br />
transport operations manager,<br />
said the barriers will be in place<br />
by February <strong>20</strong>18.<br />
“We will then consider<br />
continuing the (southern<br />
barrier) a further 160m, which<br />
will require additional approval<br />
and funding,” he said.<br />
LUCKY: <strong>The</strong> aftermath of Sunday’s serious crash on the Christchurch Akaroa Rd.<br />
Pair lucky to survive horror smash<br />
• By Andrew King<br />
TWO PEOPLE are lucky to be<br />
alive after a horror smash saw<br />
their vehicle leave the road and<br />
end up in a nearby property<br />
early on Sunday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> vehicle the man and<br />
woman were in smashed<br />
through a wooden power pole<br />
and a tree before flying over a<br />
2m wall, narrowly missing a<br />
house in Robinsons Bay about<br />
midnight.<br />
Residents who heard the crash<br />
raced to the scene and found<br />
the vehicle in a neighbouring<br />
property after leaving the<br />
Christchurch Akaroa Rd.<br />
Akaroa Senior Constable<br />
Anita Osborne said she could<br />
not believe how lucky the two<br />
occupants were when she first<br />
arrived.<br />
“If you looked at the scene you<br />
wouldn’t think anyone could<br />
have survived,” she said.<br />
Emergency services arrived<br />
and firefighters cut free a<br />
27-year-old woman who was<br />
then airlifted to Christchurch<br />
Hospital with head injuries.<br />
<strong>The</strong> driver, who suffered a<br />
broken back and ribs, was taken<br />
to hospital by ambulance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> power pole was snapped<br />
off at the base and found in the<br />
paddock a number of metres<br />
away, while debris from the<br />
tree was littered around the<br />
property – there was a big piece<br />
of wood protruding from the<br />
windscreen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> woman involved in<br />
the crash said she could not<br />
remember anything about<br />
the crash or the ride in the<br />
helicopter.<br />
That was probably a good<br />
thing, she said.<br />
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Trampoline<br />
stolen to<br />
‘feed kids’<br />
• By Andrew King<br />
A MAN was caught allegedly<br />
stealing a trampoline in Halswell<br />
to sell for scrap metal to feed his<br />
children.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 26-year-old appeared in the<br />
district court yesterday charged<br />
with burglary and was remanded<br />
on bail to reappear on August 10.<br />
Senior Sergeant Stephan<br />
McDaniel said when questioned<br />
by police the man said he was<br />
“grabbing it [the trampoline] for<br />
scrap metal to feed his kids”.<br />
It’s alleged the offender was<br />
seen at a property on Cashmere<br />
Rd at about 2pm on Tuesday by<br />
Community Watch Christchurch<br />
South as they went past to patrol a<br />
nearby subdivision.<br />
When the patrol came back the<br />
owner of the property was speaking<br />
with the man so they pulled<br />
over behind his vehicle.<br />
He had the deconstructed<br />
trampoline and other items in the<br />
back of his vehicle.<br />
Police were called to the scene<br />
and the 26-year-old was arrested<br />
for the alleged burglary.<br />
Senior Sergeant McDaniel<br />
said it was a good catch for the<br />
community patrol.<br />
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