Some stories making headlines across our regions today include: A train struck a wood chipper in Carterton, a brave Bulls truckie helps a couple in a car teetering on the edge of a 100m drop and a 78-year old Hawke's Bay man is under siege.
Railway landscape contractors tried frantically to free their woodchipper from rail tracks before it was wiped out by a goods train.
![Truck driver Murray Davidson with the police commendation. Photo/Bevan Conley](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q2UNEIHMKWUB5G4MBDILV4AQWQ.jpg?auth=ec234afbeff37a04a0adc3d3a9762f51d6b6d693d207dd96b4397d46befb1d0a&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
When truck driver Murray Davidson came across two people in a car teetering near an almost 100m drop, there were no hard decisions to be made - "You do what you can to help, it's that simple."
A 78-year-old Hawke's Bay man is fighting back after being targeted by teenage vandals.