1076 days ago

Passengers hurried to injured skipper's aid after collision sinks ferry

Melanie Earley Reporter from The Bay Chronicle

Kia ora neighbours, a ferry passenger who helped rescue a critically injured skipper after a collision between the vessel and a boat in the Bay of Islands has described the moments of the crash.

The incident happened just before midday Thursday on the water between Paihia and Russell, a police spokesperson said, with the injured skipper of the ferry flown to hospital

Ferry passenger Yvette Ferreria-Botha had been on the ferry with her husband and children when the collision occurred and said she was one of the first people to tend to the ferry’s skipper.

Read the full story at the link below.

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