Freak mishap sidelines Adele fan
Kite surfer bowls 65-year-old on beach, breaking her collarbone
An unconscious woman was found rambling about Adele after she was knocked out by a kite surfer yesterday morning. Jan King, from Ruakaka, had been planning to see her favourite musician for months after her daughter bought her tickets for her birthday. She had organised a special trip to Auckland for the Adele concert last night.
But trouble struck as she was walking a rescue dog on Takapuna Beach.
King’s daughter Mandi Buswell said a kite surfer lost control and bowled the 65-year-old over.
“The rope knocked her off her feet. She went flying through the air then was knocked out for about two minutes.
“The first thing she said was, ‘Where’s the dog?’ The second thing she said was, ‘I’m going to Adele.’”
King was in a lot of pain at North Shore Hospital yesterday with a broken collarbone and was likely to be kept there overnight observation.
Buswell had bought the tickets months ago and King had planned a special trip to Auckland for the concert. Buswell said her mum had been “over the moon” to be going. for
“I thought we’d just pump her up with painkillers and she’ll be right but she hasn’t actually moved since she got hit so that’s not going to happen. “She’s very disappointed ... it’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity.” Buswell said the incident was a “freak accident”. The kite surfer had offered to reimburse them for the $300 ticket.
“The man who hit her was really devastated as well. It was traumatic for him, too.
“He’s been really nice, he offered to reimburse [for] the ticket. I thought that was really kind of him.
“We offered the ticket to him but he’s already going.”
Buswell is not going to relinquish her ticket, though.
“I’m like, ‘Mum I’m still going,’ my husband will look after her.”