Passengers hurried to injured skipper's aid after collision sinks ferry
Kia ora neighbours, a ferry passenger who helped rescue a critically injured skipper after a collision between the vessel and a boat in the Bay of Islands has described the moments of the crash.
The incident happened just before midday Thursday on the water between Paihia and Russell, a police spokesperson said, with the injured skipper of the ferry flown to hospital
Ferry passenger Yvette Ferreria-Botha had been on the ferry with her husband and children when the collision occurred and said she was one of the first people to tend to the ferry’s skipper.
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