A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
FOUR people were taken to Gisborne Hospital yesterday morning after a ute and a campervan collided on State Highway 2 just south of the Waipaoa River roundabout.
A small dog on board the ute died in the crash, which happened at around 10.30am.
“The ute rolled as a result ofthe crash, and the campervan left the road and struck a power pole,” an emergency services spokesman said.
“The passenger in the ute, a man, suffered head and other injuries, and was transported to hospital by ambulance in a moderate to serious condition. The ute driver, also a man, was less seriously injured.
“The elderly man and woman in the campervan had some minor injuries.”