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One injured when truck rolls
One injured when truck rolls and lands against store
The Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter transported a patient from a road crash near Seddon this morning.
The helicopter, with a Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic onboard, responded to a truck that rolled down a small bank in the centre of Seddon, south of Blenheim in Marlborough.
Fire, police and ambulance were already on the scene when the helicopter arrived.
"It appears that the truck lost control coming around a corner, rolled down a bank and ended up on its side, against a store front" says Dave Greenberg, Westpac Rescue Helicopter crewman.
The passenger in the truck, a 50 year old Christchurch woman, was trapped in the truck for over an hour while the fire service tried to free her.
"In the end it seems she was very lucky" says Greenberg. "She suffered only moderate injuries to her leg and foot".
The woman was transported to Wairau Hospital in Blenheim and is currently being treated.
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