Car accident - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 05 Apr 2018 01:32:54 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Car accident - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 The pedestrian who died after being hit by a car a daily Mass attender https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/04/05/hit-by-a-car/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:52:08 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=105636 Vainemoeroa Titaenua from Mangere died after being hit by a car last week. Titaenua was hit about 7 am on Idlewild Ave, Mangere, last Thursday. She died in hospital at 8.30pm on Friday. Titaenua went to her Catholic church every day. Read more "

The pedestrian who died after being hit by a car a daily Mass attender... Read more]]> Vainemoeroa Titaenua from Mangere died after being hit by a car last week.

Titaenua was hit about 7 am on Idlewild Ave, Mangere, last Thursday.

She died in hospital at 8.30pm on Friday.

Titaenua went to her Catholic church every day. Read more

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The pedestrian who died after being hit by a car a daily Mass attender]]> 105636 Taranaki priest lucky to be alive after serious car crash https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/11/09/taranaki-priest-car-crash/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:01:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=101831 crash

About 10 am on October 31, Father Freddie Barte was driving home to Waitara, north Taranaki, along State Highway 3A after attending a church service in Inglewood. While driving, he noticed a truck and trailer unit in the opposite lane before seeing the flash of another car heading straight towards him. The other motorist had attempted to overtake the Read more

Taranaki priest lucky to be alive after serious car crash... Read more]]> About 10 am on October 31, Father Freddie Barte was driving home to Waitara, north Taranaki, along State Highway 3A after attending a church service in Inglewood.

While driving, he noticed a truck and trailer unit in the opposite lane before seeing the flash of another car heading straight towards him.

The other motorist had attempted to overtake the truck

Barte said it all happened so suddenly, but he was able to swerve in time to avoid a head-on collision with the other motorist.

But in doing so, he collided with the side of the truck.

"The only word I said was 'my god'," he said.

After a full assessment at Taranaki Base Hospital, the only injury discovered was two broken toes on his right foot.

People who had seen the damage done to his car can't believe that he walked away from the crash.

It's not the first time Barte has been caught up in a serious crash. About 25 years ago, when he lived in the Philippines and was embarking on his career, Barte was knocked off his motorcycle by a truck.

He suffered a badly broken leg and pelvis and was in hospital for days.

Barte said he held no ill will toward the other driver but hoped his experience would serve as a reminder for all drivers to stick to the road rules.

From the Tagum Diocese in the Philippines, Barte has been living at St Joseph's, Waitara, since November 2013.

He was ordained a priest in 1991 after ten years of study.

He said he decided to enter the priesthood at the age of 12, a choice which was influenced by his parents who were lay ministers. As one of five boys from his family, he was the only one to become a priest.

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Taranaki priest lucky to be alive after serious car crash]]> 101831 Sister Maureen McBride dies in a car accident in France https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/12/02/maureen-mcbride-car-accident-france/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:50:42 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=90075 Sister Maureen McBride, its seems, while driving a car suffered a medical event which caused her to crash. She was formerly congregational leader of the worldwide Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions for 12 years (RNDM) Continue reading

Sister Maureen McBride dies in a car accident in France... Read more]]> Sister Maureen McBride, its seems, while driving a car suffered a medical event which caused her to crash.

She was formerly congregational leader of the worldwide Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions for 12 years (RNDM) Continue reading

Sister Maureen McBride dies in a car accident in France]]> 90075 Bereaved sister: Don't jail the driver https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/05/31/bereaved-sister-dont-jail-driver/ Mon, 30 May 2016 16:52:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83309 An American tourist who killed a mum-to-be, Kylee Anne Rakich, and another woman in a head-on crash has avoided jail time. In an extraordinary display of compassion, Ms Rakich's bereaved sister lobbied the judge to not send the 66-year-old to prison on charges of careless use of a motor vehicle causing death - because, she Read more

Bereaved sister: Don't jail the driver... Read more]]> An American tourist who killed a mum-to-be, Kylee Anne Rakich, and another woman in a head-on crash has avoided jail time.

In an extraordinary display of compassion, Ms Rakich's bereaved sister lobbied the judge to not send the 66-year-old to prison on charges of careless use of a motor vehicle causing death - because, she says, he has already been handed "a life sentence" in being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Continue reading also Read more

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