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TRUCKER STORY * New Zealand -´Truck driver thanks teen for heroic rescue
Truckie: Give teenage hero a medal
Waioeka Gorge,NZ -The New Zealand Herald, by Juliet Rowan -Oct 10, 2008: -- A truckie wants a bravery award for the teenager who pulled him from his vehicle as it threatened to plunge into a river... Mr Clarke, of Papamoa, was driving north from Gisborne when his 23-tonne truck slid off the road in a windy gorge near Opotiki... It was late at night, and the 45-year-old was trapped in the cab as it hung a metre above the waters of the Waioeka River... The weight of the truck's trailer was threatening to propel the vehicle into the river... Then 18-year-old Peter Hanne arrived from his home nearby... He climbed on to the shifting truck, smashed the cab's back window with a wheel brace, and hauled Mr Clarke to safety... Mr Clarke escaped with broken ribs... (Photos by Alan Gibson,/Opotiki News - Paul Clarke (L) has praised Peter Hanne for his bravery)Labels: truckers stories
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