Jobe Koolen, 16, received head trauma, concussion and a bruised lung in this horror single-vehicle crash in Waipukurau. Photo / Supplied
Jobe Koolen, 16, received head trauma, concussion and a bruised lung in this horror single-vehicle crash in Waipukurau. Photo / Supplied
The teen victim of a terrifying crash near Waipukurau is immensely grateful to a passer-by who found him spaced out by the side of the road and rushed him 50km to hospital.
Jobe Koolen was travelling to work when he took a corner too fast and flipped his Honda Civic.
But, that is all the farmer can remember from the crash, which occurred on Arlington Rd about 6.45am on Friday.
"All I remember is getting the car in the morning to drive to work. I don't really remember all that much of the crash," he said.
"I remember driving around a corner and felt the motion of flipping and I was knocked out pretty much from then on.
Koolen, who wants to thank the passer-by, was diagnosed with head trauma, a concussion and a bruised lung. He also has a significant number of cuts and bruises all over his body.
"I stopped remembering what exactly happened after I rolled and start remembering again after a guy pulled over and asked if I was alright," he said.
Police said there is "limited information" regarding the crash because of the nature of how it was reported.
A police spokeswoman said it appeared a police unit came across the single-vehicle collision on Arlington Rd/Porangahau Rod at about 7.56pm on Friday.
Jobe's mother, Sandra Koolen, said she will be forever grateful to the man who stopped for her son.
