Panda Injured in New Zealand - China to send Bamboo Rescue Division
Pretty strange piece of news this morning in the Christchurch Press. It appears that someone dressed up in a panda costume was involved in a hit and run and unfortunately a woman, quite unconnected to the said panda was injured during the incident.
Will the People’s Republican Army be mobilised? Will there be an initial bamboo relief supply drop over Christchurch?
Panda impersonator sought after hit-and-run
By JO McKENZIE-McLEAN - The Press | Tuesday, 13 November 2007Police are on the look-out for an injured panda impersonator who was involved in a hit-and-run in Christchurch.
A person dressed as a panda, hanging out a front passenger window, was one of up to four occupants of a car that ploughed into a pedestrian without stopping at 2.25am on Saturday in Riccarton.
Constable Moira Wyeth said the woman was getting into her white Toyota Vitz, which was parked on the west side of Riccarton Road beside a dairy near Wainui Street when she was struck from behind.
“As she partially opened her door she was hit in the back by a vehicle.”
The impact of being hit caused the woman to be thrown into the front seat and her front driver’s door was ripped off.
The woman, who was alone, sustained back injuries. A passerby waved police down.
The vehicle is described as a red, four-door sedan, mid-1990s and last seen heading west on Riccarton Road.
There was a blonde woman sitting in the back seat, and the panda possibly sustained upper body injuries, Wyeth said.
Anyone with information should contact Wyeth on (03) 3637400 or contact her via email: moira.wyeth@police.govt.nz
Photo taken from Cousin Bujur’s From America to Turkey Blog. The entry with the Panda costume photos is here. Çok teÅŸekkür ederim!
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