A motorist removed cones blocking off an Interislander ferry loading ramp before he stranded his vehicle teetering above the Wellington Harbour yesterday.
Interislander executive general manager Duncan Roy said the man had driven off a Kaiārahi sailing from Picton but entered “an unauthorised area”.
“Rather than following the marked road to exit the terminal, the elderly driver got out of his vehicle and moved the cones blocking access to the ramp to the Aratere berth. He then then drove up the ramp, luckily stopping before it ended, as Aratere was not in port.”
Roy said terminal staff acted quickly to get the man out of his car safely and that the vehicle was removed shortly after.
“We are now undertaking an investigation into the incident.”
