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Jonathan Guildford14:40, Jul 29 2021
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Dylan Taylor-McCutchan died in a crash in Governors Bay Rd Christchurch, on Friday night.
Police are urging residents in a Christchurch hill suburb to come forward with any CCTV footage that may help them with their investigation into a fatal crash. Dylan Taylor-McCutchan, 18, died at the scene after the car he was a passenger in spun out on Governors Bay Rd about 8.50pm on Friday, and rolled several times. Dad Brendan McCutchan earlier said the driver, who spent a night in hospital with a concussion and a dislocated shoulder, told him another car crossed a centre line in front of him.
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Emergency services at the scene of Friday s crash near Rāpaki Bay. Sergeant Gerard Peoples said the police serious crash unit was investigating the crash. They were investigating several possibilities, including whether a third party was involved. Taylor-McCutchan and the driver were best friends and had known each other since they started at Linwood College. “There was no drugs or alcohol involved”, McCutchan told
Stuff.
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The Detail: Nearly one person a day died on our roads last year. (Video first published in September 2020) “They were just out for a drive, spending time together.” The driver was “devastated”, he said.