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Head impaled on fence in crash, Dunedin woman tells of recovery
21 Dec, 2020 06:41 PM
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A car crash 30 years ago has had lifelong consequences for Dunedin s Mel Marshall. Photo / Linda Robertson
Otago Daily Times
It has been 30 years since Mel Marshall s head was impaled on a fence.
She knows all too well the lasting impacts a crash can have the consequences affect her life every day.
On June 17, 1990, Marshall (now 48) was in a single-vehicle crash on Three Mile Hill Rd in which another passenger died. Marshall was thrown 33m from the car, which was travelling about 160kmh, after it hit a power pole.