Crew aboard the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter were the first to spot the 44-year-old lone survivor of a crash that killed three Mongrel Mob members on SH5.
The man was seen on a river bank near the vehicle that plunged 150 metres down a bank on Saturday. He was airlifted to a St John Ambulance and taken to Wairoa Hospital with moderate injuries and was later discharged.
TerryShane Stone, 31, Ronald Rangi Rigby, 53, and Nathan Isaac, 29, died at the scene.
The men, all from Wairoa, were on their way to the mob's Hastings chapter 50th anniversary reunion, which included visits to gravesites of other members who have died over the years.
