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Deadly SH1 crashes concern Matt Brown Reporter
matt@marlboroughmedia.co.nz
A third month of horror crashes on a notorious stretch of Marlborough road has turned deadly.
The string of serious accidents on SH1 since May has seen three people killed and many others seriously injured. But while the road is included as part of a wider safety review, road bosses have put the deaths down
to chance. Seddon man Damian Pollock died on 2 July after a ute left the road between Blind River Loop Road and Tetley Brook Road. His devastated aunt, Theresa Pollock, says people need answers.
“If it was driver’s error, we still need answers after hearing so many bad things about the road between Blenheim and Ward. “If awareness is put out there maybe it could save a life.” Damian, who just started a new
job as a fisheries worker, was the first person to be killed on the road this month. On Friday, a head-on collision between a ute and an SUV just
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Dudley Lerwill from Hawkesbury Carriages watches on as carriage horse Ruby gets ready to take young passengers for a loop around the Clos Henri grounds at their Bastille Day celebrations on Sunday. Photo: Matt Brown.
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