Motorist seriously injured in cliff crashCHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter hovers in a gully ready for the crew to winch up a motorist whose car plunged about 30m down a cliff off the Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd on Wednesday afternoon. Tasman Police Senior Sergeant John Price said emergency services received a call at 2.20pm to the scene on Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd on Wednesday. CHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF The motorist, a man in his 70s, was winched aboard the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter. Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter spokesman Tim Douglas-Clifford said the helicopter crew winched a man from the car. It was unclear where the car left the road but a nearby slip on the corner of Riwaka-Sandy Bay Rd may have factored into the crash, he said.

Source: Stuff April 25, 2018 03:52 UTC