
‘May God give him rest’: Man hit three times on Auckland motorway died on birthday
He was Joshua Nathanuel Love, 34, of West Auckland.
He was Joshua Nathanuel Love, 34, of West Auckland.
The crash was reported at 5pm on Wednesday on SH8, the Cromwell-Clyde Rd.
The two single-vehicle crashes happened about 13 hours apart.
A woman was seriously injured after her car fell down a bank inland from Wairoa.
Police confirmed there were no other passengers in the vehicle.
A person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Mouse Point Rd, Hurunui, police reported.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.
Fire crews were called to the rural Canterbury crash about 5.15am.
First responders tried saving the person after the crash about 9.50pm yesterday.
One person died in a crash in the morning, the another less than 12hrs later.
Police were called to the crash on SH39 just before 9am.
The motorcyclist was found dead at the scene, police said.
Police said a motorcyclist is fighting for their life after the accident.
Incident one of two deadly accidents on Auckland's motorways within the space of an hour.
SH3 is still closed at Mokau after a truck rolled near Te Mahoe Rd.
The pedestrian was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition.
Police were called around 9.30am.
Motorists have been told to expect delays.
The incident happened on a private road off State Highway 3.
The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.
Both victims were 19 years old and from Taupō.
'We're not coping, but we've got to hold it together for the rest of our kids.'
'There’s hundreds of people trying to traverse Northland’s new state highway.'
Police confirmed there were no other passengers in the vehicle.
'I was high-sided into the air and landed on the cheese-cutters.'
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The two-vehicle crash happened around 6.10pm yesterday.
'Flashbacks of what happened come and go all the time.'