Tall Ferns star Mary Goulding in ICU after car crash

Tall Ferns player Mary Goulding is in a critical condition following a car crash. Photo / Tall Ferns

Tall Ferns Mary Goulding has been admitted to an intensive care unit at a hospital in critical condition following a car crash in Canterbury yesterday.

The Tall Ferns announced news of the car accident on social media late last night, asking people to send positive thoughts.

“Mary is a much-loved member of the Tall Ferns family, so please join us in sending Mary and her family love, thoughts, and prayers at this time,” the team’s account wrote on Facebook last night. “Kia kaha Mary.”

The Tall Ferns are asking people to please send positive thoughts to Mary Goulding, after she was involved in a car accident today. She is currently in ICU in critical condition.

Please join us in sending Mary & her family love, thoughts & prayers at this time. Kia kaha Mary ♥️ pic.twitter.com/XrDuU7Zrq8

— 2degrees Tall Ferns (@TallFerns) May 20, 2023

Today, police said they were called to a serious crash in Rangiora after two vehicles collided at the intersection of Blackett and Durham Sts about 9.05am yesterday.

Both drivers were injured, one critically and one moderately.

The police said a scene examination has been carried out and the Serious Crash Unit is investigating.

The accident occurred in the lead-up by a Tall Ferns squad of 18, including Goulding, for the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in Sydney in late June with a pre-tournament tour in Europe with games against Serbia, Turkey, and Poland between May 31 and June 13.

The 26-year-old has played basketball around the world, most recently for the Bendigo Spirit in the Australian WNBL.

After attending Rangiora High School, Goulding spent a year at Gillette College in Wyoming before being recruited by Fordham University.

She made her debut for the Tall Ferns in 2019 and made nine appearances for the national team.

At the 2-21 FIBA Asian Cup, she was the team’s most efficient shooter and a member of the Tall Ferns team that finished runners-up at the 2019 William Jones Cup in Taiwan.