Crash: Maze man and son lucky to be alive
![Sam Rollins was injured in a head-on collision on Christmas Day. His car was extensively damaged in the terrifying incident.](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_100984212.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Sam Rollins was injured in a head-on collision on Christmas Day. His car was extensively damaged in the terrifying incident.](/img/placeholder.png)
Sam Rollins, who is originally from the Maze area, told the Ulster Star how he and his son Thomas were on their way to a Christmas dinner in Auckland when they were involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
His Mercedes car was extensively damaged in the crash, but thankfully he and his son weren’t seriously injured.
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Hide Ad“My car is a write-off, but I am pleased that my son and myself are still alive so I am not worried about it,” he said.
Mr Rollins, who emigrated to New Zealand in 1971 with his three young children following the sudden death of their mother, continued: “Thomas was in the back seat passenger side. If he’d been a front seat passenger he could have been badly hurt as there is no airbag to protect the front seat passenger as I had to protect me.
“This crash was very serious and I am sure all my family and friends back in Northern Ireland will be pleased to see that we both escaped this near fatal crash.”
According to Mr Rollins, a man has been arrested and charged in connection with the terrifying incident.