Two spectators to a secondary school athletics event were seriously injured when a two-tonne metal structure was picked up by a wind gust, thrown over a fence, and landed on them. The incident happened at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association championships in Newtown Park in Wellington shortly before midday on Saturday. SUPPLIED A large metal structure which blew over the fence at Newtown Park and injured two people. A Wellington Free spokesperson said another person in Wellington was injured by flying garden furniture on Saturday. According to MetService, the strongest wind gusts in Wellington were 100kmh in Kelburn, and 96kmh at Wellington Airport.

Source: Stuff December 08, 2019 03:45 UTC