The mother of a Kiwi injured in a chopper crash in South Australia this week says the call alerting her to the accident was her "worst nightmare" come true. His mother, Wendy Rodden, who has three other grown children living in New Zealand, said it was a "shock" to hear of the crash. Because it's an industrial accident a media spokesperson at the Royal Adelaide Hospital said the company had instructed the crash victims not to divulge any further information. Jon Rodden, 32, was one of three men who suffered serious injuries in the crash late Sunday morning in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The 58-year-old pilot, from Adelaide, was praised in media reports for having landed the floundering helicopter on its skids.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 20, 2016 00:17 UTC