Tourist dragged behind car

A tourist is recovering today after being dragged by a car a hundred metres along a street in Nelson.

Two men offered the 23-year-old Chilean man a ride to a backpacker hostel yesterday afternoon.

Acting Sergeant Terry Holland said the man felt uncomfortable about the situation and asked to be let out of the car, but while he was lifting his pack out of the boot, the driver drove off and he was pulled along the road as he hung onto his belongings.

The tourist managed to haul his bag out of the car, but suffered cuts and grazes to his shoulder and legs.

Nelson police said they had a good description of the offenders and their vehicle and were following positive lines of enquiry.

- NEWSTALK ZB