PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONA driver has suffered moderate injuries after his car hit a power pole due to a medical event just north of Waikouaiti. Sergeant Tony Woodbridge, of Oamaru, said the man, aged in his 40s, had a medical episode before colliding with the pole in Goodwood this afternoon. Witnesses driving behind the vehicle said they were terrified the man would have a head-on crash with another car. The power pole had been snapped in two. St John communications adviser Gerard Campbell said the man was taken to Dunedin Hospital by ambulance with moderate injuries.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 20, 2021 04:11 UTC