A car was split in two in a serious crash at Makaraka early Thursday morning. A firefighter who was on the scene said he did not know how the driver survived the crash. Photo / Supplied
A car was split in two in a serious crash at Makaraka early Thursday morning. A firefighter who was on the scene said he did not know how the driver survived the crash. Photo / Supplied
First responders were left amazed by a man who escaped serious injury when the car he was driving was split in two in a crash early Thursday morning.
It happened about 2.30am on State Highway 2, Makaraka, Gisborne, near the Roseland Hotel corner.
“The car left the road and hitlarge boulders positioned on a property at the corner,” a senior firefighter said.
“Such was the impact the car was split in two and pieces of it ended up 70 metres down the highway.”
The senior firefighter said the man driving the car was out of the vehicle when the emergency services arrived.
Impact with rocks at the side of the road was so severe that the car was split in two. One part on the road, and rest on the verge (pictured) with debris scattered up to 70 metres down the road. Photo / Supplied
“Amazingly, he was able to walk to the St John ambulance.”
The man was taken to Gisborne Hospital for a checkup with what were described by ambulance officers as “minor” injuries.
“We don’t know how he survived that crash,” the senior firefighter said.
