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Truck driver was not medically cleared to drive before fatal crash, coroner finds

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • Associate Coroner found that Canterbury truck driver Jason Chapman was not medically cleared to drive when he crashed and died.
  • Chapman suffered a heart event before crashing an empty logging truck near Culverden.
  • His employer described the 51-year-old as a good and skilled driver who would help anyone.

Canterbury truck driver Jason Chapman was not medically cleared to drive when he suffered a heart event and crashed an empty logging truck near Culverden, Associate Coroner found.

Chapman, 51, died in the November crash. His employer described him as “a good and skilled driver” and said he was the kind of person who “would give the shirt off his back for anybody.”

Would give the shirt off his back for anybody.

· Jason Chapman’s employerThe employer’s description of Chapman’s generosity.

He had been battling heart disease and suffered a second heart attack in August 2023 before the fatal crash.

Good and skilled driver.

· Jason Chapman’s employerThe employer’s assessment of Chapman’s work as a truck driver.
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