News Story
Members have tonight been assisting at a serious motor accident on State Highway 16, north-west of Waimauku. Three cars were involved and St John attended to a total of 11 patients: those most serious were flown to hospital by helicopter. Firefighters cut at least one victim from one of the vehicles while another was found to have careered off the highway, down a 10m bank on to farmland, out of sight from the road. Emergency services took some time to evacuate all the injured and then police began their investigation. Our members responded at quarter past six and were on site for four and a half hours maintaining cordons to close the highway, a task shared with Silverdale Operational Support personnel and a traffic management company. Meanwhile, there was a firecall to the glassworks in Ellerslie. Fire in the roof warranted a 3rd Alarm response.
