Constable Mike Quinn dusts stolen vehicles for fingerprints in Palmerston North. He had stolen the vehicle and was on his way to pick up a friend. He had not been taught how to drive. Grantham feared Palmerston North could expect to experience the same heartache. “The driving behaviour of these young people puts them at tremendous risk. The evasive action they take when police signal for the car to pull over and stop is outrageous, risking everyone’s lives. “Unless we as a community can modify the behaviour of these young people, I fear we will again experience this unnecessary loss.”
Boy racers leave trails of destruction through Palmerston North s industrial areas
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Vinay Angadi Rudresh, 26, and James Huang, 27, sparked a speed limit change at the intersection. The drop was sparked by the deaths of doctors Vinay Angadi Rudresh, 26, and James Huang, 27, after their car collided with a truck at the intersection on August 12, 2020. In December 2018, Indian visitor Kusum Sarin, 63, was killed in a two-car crash in the same area. In the past five years there have been 10 serious crashes. Two were fatal, two left travellers seriously injured and three caused minor injuries. The community rallied to reduce the speed limit on the road in a plea for the harm to stop, holding public meetings and petitioning the council to change the limit to 80 kph.