Man killed in Marlborough accident named

Police have named a man who died in a workplace accident in the Wairau Valley in Marlborough yesterday.  

Luke Thomas Dixon (20) was operating a wheeled log hauler when it came off the road just before 2pm, police said.

A rescue helicopter was called to the scene about 1.50pm.

The log hauler was thought to have rolled down the steep hill near Blowhard Ridge in the Wairau Valley, about 40km west of Blenheim.

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