Nearly 17 years after a 19-year-old University of Otago student was killed while riding in a wheelie bin down a Dunedin street, police are horrified to discover students are at it again. Acting Senior Sergeant Trevor Thomson, of Dunedin, said police were called to Warrender St about 1.20am yesterday, following complaints about people sliding down the street in wheelie bins. In March 2001, Ana Louise North, a physical education student, died instantly when she and a friend smashed into a parked trailer while riding in a wheelie bin down Baldwin St. The pair took the wheelie bin from another part of town, pushed it Baldwin St and laid it on its side, before getting in and riding it like a sledge. "We suggest that it is definitely not a good thing to do on the roads, especially after that terrible accident in Baldwin St," Acting Sen Sgt Thomson said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2017 17:11 UTC