Newshub pays tribute to motorsport guru and veteran sports reporter, Shaun Summerfield – Newshub

“I remember this one for all the wrong reasons. My producer at the time said he had a story for me – when I asked if it was safe, he said ‘yeah, they do it all the time’. 

Graham Dalton was testing the new automated roll-over function in his yacht, to help self-correct if it capsized in dangerous conditions. It was just Graham, his crew chief and me in the boat. I was told I didn’t need to be strapped in (which rang alarm bells at the time). A crane tipped the boat over, there was water pouring in and I remember thinking: “This isn’t so bad”. But when the boat rolled itself over, with 5 tonnes of steel flipping 180 degrees, me and my handycam went flying. I was worried that the camera had broken (it had) when we got off the boat, I looked down and saw blood everywhere and realised it was mine! 

I went to hospital and I had split my head open so bad they could actually see my skull. It was putting my body on the line for a story, literally. I still made it back to work to finish the story, but fair to say, I haven’t spoken to Graham Dalton since.” 

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