The BDI team van was involved in the incident on Darfield’s Greendale Road in the Selwyn district just before 6pm.<\/p>\n
Hato Hone St John dispatched six ambulances and two critical-care units to the scene. Thirteen people with injuries ranging from minor to critical were assessed, and 10 were taken to Christchurch Hospital.<\/p>\n
The road was closed while the Serious Crash Unit examined the scene.<\/p>\n
The club – an amalgamation of the former Burnham, Dunsandel and Irwell clubs, affiliated to the Ellesmere sub-union – has posted on social media, announcing it would suspend play, while its players recovered from their injuries.<\/p>\n
“As many of you are aware, our team van was involved in a serious incident on Saturday night,” said BDI Division 2 coach Steve Devereaux.<\/p>\n
“Several of our mates were injured and taken to hospital for treatment. We are incredibly grateful the situation was not worse, though a few of our lads now face a long road to recovery.<\/p>\n
“We want to express our sincere appreciation to the first responders and the volunteer fire brigades who came to our aid. Their quick actions and support made a tremendous difference during an extremely difficult moment.<\/p>\n
“As a team, we have made the tough decision to end our season. We finished the season strongly leading into the finals.<\/p>\n
“The past 24 hours have been mentally draining for everyone across the club, but the messages of support we’ve received have meant a great deal to us all.<\/p>\n
“Rugby is the game we love, but it’s the mateship that truly binds us together. We will regroup, we will heal and we will come back strong in 2027.”<\/p>\n
The BDI Div 2 team visited nearby Kirwee for a round 11 clash, winning 48-29 to consolidate their third placing on the competition ladder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BDI team van was involved in the incident on Darfield’s Greendale Road in the Selwyn district just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-511234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511234","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=511234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}