Four people died in crashes across the country yesterday. Photo / File
Four people died in crashes across the country yesterday. Photo / File
It has been a horror weekend on our country's roads, as five people have died in four separate crashes, lifting the provisional road toll to 24 this year.
Yesterday alone, four people died in crashes that were geographically spread from as far north as Kaitaia to as far south asGore.
Acting National Manager for Road Policing Inspector Gini Welch said sometimes policing required officers to be "superhuman but actually at the end of the day we are just human".
"Every death and injury on our roads hurts, it's hard and distressing."
While what they saw could not be unseen, she said, it was much harder on friends and family who lived on without their loved ones.
Welch confirmed the unofficial road toll now stands at 24 for the year, the process that follows a fatal crash would take a month before that figure was confirmed.
At the same time last year that number was 23.
Welch urged drivers to wear their seatbelts, drive sober, keep their phones away out of reach, stick to the posted speed limit and not to drive distracted.
