'Already bought my Lotto ticket': Dad's lucky escape after tree crashes on to truck

Home / New ZealandUpdatedCherie HowieReporter·NZ Herald·26 Jun, 2026 05:59 AM4 mins to read‌Weather warnings extended, Wellingtonians urged to stay home. Video / Mark MitchellA New Plymouth business owner who cheated death when a tree crashed down on his light truck as wild weather swept across the lower North Island has already bought a Lotto ticket.

Automotive Professional Services owner John Connell was travelling on Carrington Rd about 5am when a large tree came

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