Police believe the van was driven through the controlled junction, which had stop signs on both sides, in a “moment of carelessness”. Chand, one of four siblings, was the co-owner of tour company Identity Tours Ltd, and worked with disabled people. His brother, Visal Chand, told
Stuff he learned of the incident through another brother who was visited by police at work and who rang him immediately.
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Ashburton mayor Neil Brown reacts to the crash that took four lives. “We haven t had anything like this in our family, so I just said, Hey, are you kidding me? But because he was in tears and half his voice was cutting off, I told him not to cry and I [would] just go to see if it s right,” he said.