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Man’s near miss with logging truck

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A mentally unwell man was almost hit by a logging truck as he wandered about the roadway of SH2 at Makaraka.

Several members of the public saw the incident at about 6pm on December 7 last year, and phoned police.

Two officers who went to the scene found the 46 year-old man still walking in the middle of the state highway towards Bell Road. He initially ignored their pleas to stop and kept wander...


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