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  "path": "/news/dunedin/brake-mishap-sends-elderly-dunedin-driver-through-hedge",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T22:17:51.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Emergency services were called to Helensburgh Road last night. Photo: Google Maps  \n\n  \n\nAn elderly driver careened through a hedge and into the side of a Dunedin house after his foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator, police say.",
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