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Car in 40 Metre Plunge
13 March 2016
The driver of the runaway car, and his dog, is rescued from the lower slopes of Mt Albert
Tricky recovery, the car is winched about 40 metres up the steep slope
A man was rescued from the slopes of Mt Albert, Owairaka, Domain, this afternoon after the car he was driving plunged off the mountain's access road. The car left the road and careered some 40 metres down the steep, grassed slope until it smashed into a fence post. The driver was rescued and stretchered back to the road to a waiting ambulance. He was taken to hospital. In the interest of public safety members closed the one-way access to the mountain during the event, cordons remaining until the car was hauled back to the road in a tricky salvage operation
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