17 Aug 2017

Person dead in logging accident

3:32 pm on 17 August 2017

A person has died in a logging accident in Marlborough today.

Police and emergency services were called to the accident in the Wairau Valley about 2pm.

The worker had been operating a wheeled log hauler when it came off the road.

Police said emergency services were at still the scene and Worksafe have been notified.