19.09.2009

Driver survives accident

A truck driver moving a 400 tonne crane superstructure in New Zealand had a lucky escape after the truck rolled over on State Highway 6 near Murchison, New Zealand last week.

Robert Anderson, 58, was airlifted to Nelson Hospital with moderate chest and head injuries and has now been discharged from Hospital.

The truck and the crane, a 400 tonne Liebherr LR1400W, are owned by Daniel Smith Industries.

Anderson says he recalls little of what happened after the “truck flipped” he was taking the crane back to the company’s base in Rangiora and was around eight kilometres north of Murchison, when the truck and trailer rolled on a bend.
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The wreckage is removed from the road

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The crane came to rest upside down

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