![]() On Boxing Day last year another man was hit on the head by the main rotor of a helicopter. It is the second time a man has been struck by a rotor-blade in the past seven months. Mr Heal had recently had a hip operation but even then, Dean said, he didn't stop working. "We kept telling him to slow down but he would never listen," said Dean. But while he lived life to the full, he was also an extremely hard worker. Mr Heal hid in the wardrobe and shocked his wife, who thought he had hung himself.ĭean added that his dad loved to wear women's dresses at parties to surprise people. He recalled an incident when Mr Heal and his wife Lynn had watched a horror film. He was one in a million - he will never be replaced"ĭean said his father loved playing practical jokes on unsuspecting victims. He was the loveliest, most caring, most wonderful person you could meet. Mr Heal said his father was a man respected throughout the Waverley community and would be sorely missed. We have our moments but we're holding up." Son Dean Heal said: "It's absolutely horrible. Mr Heal has left behind a wife of 38 years and their four children. Police will investigate on behalf of the Coroner. Occupational Safety and Health and the Labour Department have begun an investigation. Mr Smith said the helicopter was in idle mode at the time. Mr Heal was about to unload the aircraft when he walked behind it and into the tail-rotor. Sergeant Kevin Smith, of Wanganui police, said the helicopter had been spraying farmland. ![]() The accident occurred on farmland near the former Waipipi Ironsands entrance road. Ronald Heal, 61, died from head injuries when he accidentally walked into the spinning tail-rotor as he helped load supplies at the farm where he worked. Relatives of a farm manager killed in a freak accident with a helicopter rotor blade last night spoke of their horror at his tragic death.
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