Paul Jon Hatherley was killed in a crash near the South Canterbury town of Temuka on Sunday.
Just two years before that his son was killed when a log fell onto of him and crushed him.
Hatherley died when a car he was in and a Fonterra milk tanker north of Timaru crashed.
Police rushed to the scene in Clandeboye, on Canal Rd, shortly before 1am on Sunday April 8.
Two others were taken to Timaru Hospital in an ambulance, one suffering critical injuries and another with moderate injuries.