{"id":451168,"date":"2026-05-29T13:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/451168\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:36:16","slug":"police-rush-whangarei-driver-to-hospital-after-heart-attack-on-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/451168\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rush Whang\u0101rei driver to hospital after heart attack on road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">The man told officers he was trying to get to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur officers quickly transferred the man into their police vehicle and took him to the emergency department under red and blue lights.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">On arrival, officers ensured the man went straight to the front of the queue, where staff assessed him and provided life-saving treatment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHospital staff thanked our officers, saying their actions demonstrated exceptional situational awareness, compassion, and teamwork,\u201d said Rakete. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThey played a crucial role in ensuring the patient received urgent care without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Once the man was in medical care, officers returned to his vehicle and drove it to the hospital so it would be there when he was discharged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Rakete said the incident showed another side of policing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis is the other side of policing, helping those in need. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis man was in the right place at the right time and was able to get the urgent medical care he needed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man told officers he was trying to get to hospital. \u201cOur officers quickly transferred the man into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,74,89,1121,19552,1668,1360,2862,2241,3950,9878,111,43,139,69,90,6744,675,9979,1314,21532,194132,2044,61,19054,1869],"class_list":["post-451168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-after","tag-attack","tag-case","tag-driver","tag-front","tag-having","tag-heart","tag-hospital","tag-lanes","tag-monday","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-place","tag-police","tag-right","tag-road","tag-rush","tag-swerving","tag-time","tag-to","tag-turned","tag-whangrei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}