Three young overseas visitors may owe their lives to a guardrail put in at Shines Hill, near Charleston, just hours before they crashed. He braked but lost control of the rental car which then spun, smashing into the guardrail and extensively damaging the front and rear. A Coast Road commuter heading to work in Westport this morning spotted the damaged grey sedan beside heavy machinery at the side of the road. They said they had noticed the car near their machinery further up the road but had no idea people were still inside. The steel guardrail, which contractors completed about 2.30pm yesterday, is part of a $300,000 project underway to reduce the number of crashes in the area.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 07, 2017 02:48 UTC