Tanker and motorcyclists collide in Waikato (15 January)

**MSTRS:Me** · 15th January 2009, 17:36

I'd best be warning young Wolf then.....

**Hiflyer** · 15th January 2009, 17:43

see this is a good thread! y should it be banned?

now people are checking on other people to see if theyre ok!

**yungatart** · 15th January 2009, 17:45

Originally Posted by MSTRS

I'd best be warning young Wolf then.....

What? To be part of the search party, or run and hide from it????

**Tank** · 15th January 2009, 17:50

Originally Posted by Hiflyer

see this is a good thread! y should it be banned?

now people are checking on other people to see if theyre ok!

Why is it a good thread? (Serious question?).

A biker was down in Auckland also - should we all run around calling every biker we know to see if its them or not?

- Sorry I know that this sounds harsh - its not aimed at you - its just me trying to point out that there really is no value in the threads at all.

**Hiflyer** · 15th January 2009, 17:52

Originally Posted by Tank

Why is it a good thread? (Serious question?).

A biker was down in Auckland also - should we all run around calling every biker we know to see if its them or not?

- Sorry I know that this sounds harsh - its not aimed at you - its just me trying to point out that there really is no value in the threads at all.

na its ok, i mean its good cos like at the start of the thread people checked with their biker mates in the waikats to check to see if they were ok, they might not have heard otherwise??

**Oakie** · 15th January 2009, 19:28

Originally Posted by Ixion

Well, that's just what they said about that fish fossil thing - y'know , not actually a fish, more of a sort of gigantic marine woodlouse. Supposed to be extinct for a bazillion years, then one day it rocked up for breakfast just like it had never been away..

You refer to the coelacanth I believe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth.

**Fatjim** · 15th January 2009, 19:30

Originally Posted by Tank

Why is it a good thread? (Serious question?).

A biker was down in Auckland also - should we all run around calling every biker we know to see if its them or not?

- Sorry I know that this sounds harsh - its not aimed at you - its just me trying to point out that there really is no value in the threads at all.

acually its worse than that. there's little value in many threads. These kinds of threads sometimes show the really worst of people.

**Ixion** · 15th January 2009, 21:27

Originally Posted by Oakie

You refer to the coelacanth I believe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth.

Yeah, that's the fellow. Knew he had a name. I suspect that Mr GIJoe is distantly related to him. I bet Mr C went out , a bazillion years ago or so,said he was just going for a short ride up to the shops, then did the Mr Joe thing and just kept pootling, until everybody gave up waiting for him to get back, sent someone else for the chips , and drank his beer cos they thought he was extinct.

**SARGE** · 15th January 2009, 21:34

Oh FOR FUCKS SAKE..!!!

no-one i know,, my phone hasnt rung..

fucking rubberneckers

dont text me.. it wasnt me

**TerminalAddict** · 15th January 2009, 21:38

New Zealand Police Alert 2:00pm 15 Jan 2009 Waikato

Location of incident: Te Kawa Road , Otorohanga

Incident type: Fatal Crash

Media Release re Fatal Motor Crash
Media Release
At about 13.35 p.m. on Thursday the 15th of January 2009, Police attended a motor vehicle crash on Te Kawa Road, approximately 350 metres west of State Highway 3, Otorohanga Rural.
The crash occurred when four west bound motorcyclists rounded a corner as a tanker was exiting a farm drive way onto the road.
The four motorcyclists were riding in a line the last one was able to stop short of the tanker but the other three were unable to avoid crashing.
One of the motorcyclists, John Robin Hall a 43 year old Te Awamutu man, died at the scene.
One motorcyclist was taken to Waikato Hospital.

The Police Serious Crash Unit is investigating the crash.

Warren SHAW
Sergeant
Otorohanga

**flame** · 15th January 2009, 21:53

John has been a close family friend of my family from way back when I was just out of nappies, a tragedy that he has been taken from everyone that loved him. Sadly his younger brother was taken in a similar way, in a similar location in 2003.
My sister was married to their brother.

I hope the strength of this family can see them through yet another tragic loss.

A bloody great guy, they both were. A very sad day indeed.