Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Accident near Cow Creek

One person is dead and one alive after a car left he road near Cow Creek in the Awatere Valley.

The pair needed to be cut from the vehicle by emergency services this afternoon after they were found inside their four-wheel-drive vehicle upside down in the creek.

The survivor was taken to hospital by a helicopter.

The car left the road on a tight bend and fell about 80 metres down a sheer cliff.

Marlborough highway patrol leader Sergeant Barrie Greenall did not know when the vehicle left the road.

Details about the people in the vehicle were not available tonight.

- The Marlborough Express SIMON WONG

Last updated 18:42 23/02/2011

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