28 Mar 2016

Elderly man in critical condition after being hit by tractor

9:44 pm on 28 March 2016

An elderly man is in a critical condition after being run over by a tractor in a rural settlement south of Dannevirke.

The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter was called to a farm at Weber at 4.30pm, where an 89-year-old man was struck while collecting firewood.

He was taken to Palmerston North Hospital.