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A West Coast mother who mounted a search for her son when he didn't arrive home found him 57km away, trapped and injured in his car.
Danny Milne, 39, was heading home to Kumara on Sunday after a trip to Christchurch.
He was due home at midnight, but when his mother Ada Milne woke an hour later he hadn't shown up.
Ms Milne phoned police and hospitals but by morning she'd had enough of worrying and set out with her daughter-in-law and a friend.
After driving about 100km between Kumara and Arthurs Pass she spotted skid marks at Rocky Point, west of Otira.
"I screamed out to (the driver) to stop and jumped out of the car and started screaming," she told The Press.
"Danny must have heard me and started banging on the car."
Mr Milne had been trapped upside down in his car all night on the edge of a cliff.
He was flown to Greymouth Hospital where he is being treated for a broken hip and broken ribs.
"I'm the happiest mum around. It was pretty stressful not knowing where he was," Ms Milne said.
- NZPA
