A 20-year-old man may have been sleeping when he was run over by a van in Southland early this morning leaving him with critical injures. After being initially transferred to Southland Hospital by road ambulance, he was operated on at that hospital before being transferred to Dunedin Hospital by the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter late this morning. A police spokeswoman said the man was run over in Winton-Hedgehope Highway, north of Norman Road just before 4am this morning. The injured man had surgery in Southland Hospital and was being flown to Dunedin Hospital. A St John spokesman said one patient was taken to Southland Hospital with critical injuries.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2018 20:48 UTC