Escaper risks gangrene
PA Palmerston North A man who escaped from police custody risked gangrene and losing a badly broken arm if he did not get medical attention, according to the Feilding police who have appealed to Anthony Peter Dale, ’ aged 19, of Avondale, Auckland, to give himself up. He has an open wound which needed frequent attention, they said. Dale escaped from Palmerston North Hospital on Tuesday and is belietfd to be heading for Auckland.
He was a passenger in a stolen car which crashed at Cheltenham, Bkm north of Feilding, at 5.30 a.ni on July 18, after being chased by the police. Four people were later arrested and Dale was taken to hospital with a badly broken arm. He left the hospital at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday and was driven away by three or four other people in a dull grey Holden Monaco with raised rear suspension. Dale is said to be 162 cm tall, of slim build, with auburn hair.
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