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News Crash victim tells sobering story Local News Now
By Julia Evans CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High School students are about to get a sobering lesson. George Cairney’s life was completely changed in 2008 when he sat in the passenger’s seat of a car beside a driver who had been drinking. The car crashed into a brick wall at George 135km/h. Cairney He will talk about the incident to students at the CBHS hall on October 18 from 7pm. At the time Mr Cairney, 24, was Graham 17 and attended Clarke King’s College in Auckland. Taking most of the impact of the crash, he has since been legally blind and has lost his sense of taste, Nic Hill hearing and smell, as well as developing diabetes, epilepsy and premature ageing.
HIGH RISK: Crash victim George Cairney will talk about drink driving to students at CBHS on October 18.
After spending a month in a coma, Mr Cairney also lost his memory from a year before and after the crash. His talk will discuss the road
to recovery from his injuries, as well as the decisions which led to him to get into the car on that tragic day. Mr Cairney, who lives in
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behind the wheel after he’d been drinking. Headmaster Nic Hill has invited students from all schools around the city and the wider community to hear the story of “sadness, recovery, love and strength”. Mr Hill said the school is encouraging students to have emotional conversations about alcohol and driving. “These are conversations that we as adults have to be starting . . . there is a parental role in making sure our boys are equipped to be safe,” he said.