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Hero image for Shortland Street - 1995 Christmas cliffhanger (truck crash)

Shortland Street - 1995 Christmas cliffhanger (truck crash)

Television (Excerpts) – 1995

This Shortland Street episode ended the 1995 season with a missing baby, a Christmas turkey and a bizarre accident. After being set up by conniving nurse Carla Leach (Elisabeth Easther), a drunken driver aims his Mac truck directly for the hospital's reception. Amongst the injured, Kirsty wakes up with a case of memory loss, while Carmen suffers unexpected after-effects, soon after swearing everlasting devotion to Guy Warner. Meanwhile Nick potentially faces prosecution, after accidentally leaving his girlfriend's one-year-old child at the supermarket. 

Key Cast & Crew

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Music

This episode includes the tracks 'Gothic' by band Dead Flowers, and 'Ram Dancehall' by Dance Foundation, composed by Angus McNaughton and Patrick Waller

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