10 Jul 2023

Heroic officers pull passengers from burning car

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 10 July 2023

Police bosses are praising the heroic efforts of the officers who pulled passengers out of a burning car wreck in Hamilton early on Sunday morning.

Two people died on the scene when a speeding car collided with a truck as it was pulling into a supermarket in Whitiora.

The officers suffered smoke inhalation, but the two people they rescued are in critical condition in hospital.

Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate spoke to Corin Dann.