Kerry Jordan (63) was driving home from Masterton to Palmerston North last Thursday when her car crashed through a fence on the Pahiatua Track and plunged down the bank into a creek. Jordan was taken to Palmerston North Hospital with critical injuries but is now in a stable condition, a spokesperson for the hospital said. Close friend Anne Watts said the 5-year-old SPCA rescue dog had visited Jordan in hospital after he was picked up that day. Watts and another friend had both grown increasingly worried when Jordan didn't text them after her drive back to Palmerston North on June 13. They called repeatedly but got no answer - likely because there was no cellphone coverage in the gully where Jordan had crashed, Watts said.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 24, 2019 02:37 UTC