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Old 18 Mar 2016
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Rider Down in Tauranga NZ



Ross, who is a good friend of mine was been in a pretty serious motorcycle accident in NZ.


He is currently in Tauranga Hospital in the Orthopedic Ward, his wife has flown over from Canada to be with him.


He is unable to fly home to Canada until he gets clearance from the doctors to fly, which maybe another month.


If anyone can help by dropping by to visit or offer some companionship to his wife Sandy that would be awesome.


He was traveling with another Kiwi who resides in Canada but has had to return to work so Ross and his wife are left in Tauranga to fend for themselves.


Either PM me or email me at davidb at citiloc dot com for more details.


Thanks in advance for all that you can do.


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Hi, just saw your note. sorry to hear about your buddy. PM me and I'll see what I can do to be of assistance. Cheers.
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Ross has apparently been discharged from Tauranga Hospital. When I talked to him almost 2 weeks ago he had booked a flight home on April 24, and was expecting to be discharged within a few days. The intention was then to stay with friends in Taupo until the homeward journey.
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Ross is back home

My apologies for not responding earlier as I just got back from NZ myself.


Thank you to those of you who made a visit and offers of assistance, I know it was greatly appreciated.


Ross is home and on the mend, he sure took a big hit and will take some time to mend physically and mentally.


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