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SANDRO Terlizzi was out four-wheeling at Lithgow on the Zig Zags on a rainy day, when he spotted what he thought would be an easy path up a shaly hill.
“I didn’t realise it was all hidden mud,” Sandro told 4X4 Australia. “I got halfway up, and then didn’t go anywhere. I hit the brakes, but all the car did was slide back down.”
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