Easter road toll at seven: Police release name of motorcyclist who died in Rotorua crash
5 Apr, 2021 05:19 PM
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Police have released the name of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Rotorua on Saturday. Photo / File
Police have released the name of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Rotorua on Saturday. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
Police have released the name of the man who died following a crash between a car and a motorcycle on State Highway 38, near Rerewhakaaitu, on Saturday.
The motorcyclist was Tony Lars Hansen, 52, of Rotorua - one of seven people killed on roads during the Easter holiday period. The official holiday period ends at 6am today.
Thursday The first fatality recorded occurred on Thursday, after a truck and car collided on State Highway 27 in Kaihere, a rural Waikato settlement in Hauraki. One person was killed in the crash and three others were injured. Police were called to that incident about 7.50pm.
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Police say there are no injuries after a campervan rolled on the Auckland motorway, State Highway 1, on Easter weekend. Later in the evening, 22-year-old Kalam Safari Watkin-Mamode died following a serious crash on State Highway 2 in Waikato’s Mangatāwhiri. Emergency services were called to the crash at 9.30pm. Friday Tauranga woman Kellie Jane Greer, 49, died following a crash about midday on Friday. The accident occurred at the intersection of State Highways 30 and 32, near Whakamaru.
That toll exceeds the Easter road toll recorded in 2018 – when seven people were killed. In 2010, 12 people were killed on the roads at Easter, Ministry of Transport data shows. This year s road roll period officially began at 4pm on Thursday, April 1, and ends at 6am on Tuesday, April 6. Thursday The first fatality recorded occurred on Thursday, after a truck and car collided on State Highway 27 in Kaihere, a rural Waikato settlement in Hauraki. One person was killed in the crash and three others were injured. Police were called to that incident about 7.50pm.
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Police say there are no injuries after a campervan rolled on the Auckland motorway, State Highway 1, on Easter weekend.
Toddler death brings Easter road toll to eight - worst in last decade
5 Apr, 2021 07:46 PM
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A toddler died at Starship Hospital two days after a crash. Photo / File
NZ Herald
A tragic death of a toddler brings this year s Easter road toll to eight, the deadliest in the past decade.
The 14-month-old died at Starship Hospital on Sunday after a crash near the child s home in Mt Wellington, Auckland on Good Friday.
A police spokeswoman said the toddler was hit by a vehicle right outside their home and an investigation was ongoing. We are supporting the child s family at this extremely difficult time, a police spokesperson told Stuff.
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