Tractor driver died after rescuing friend from riverSCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Lawrence Thompson, 30, died in a tractor accident in Marlborough on Sunday. A Marlborough man who died after his tractor rolled 15 metres down a bank had just rescued a friend from a river west of Blenheim. Lawrence Thompson was at his Renwick home on Sunday when a friend called to say his four-wheel-drive was stuck in the Wairau River, Onamalutu. Thompson picked up a tractor from work and went to help, but rolled the vehicle on his way back. Lawrence Thompson joined the Seddon Volunteer Fire Brigade when he was 16-years-old, following in his parents' footsteps.

Source: Stuff December 19, 2017 06:33 UTC