Victim of fatal crash was 6-year-old Wellington boy Myka Tuala
2 Jan, 2021 09:42 PM
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Police at the southern end of the SH1 diversion through Hikurangi after a child died in a head-on crash. Photo / Imran Ali
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The child who died in a crash near Whangarei on New Year s Day has been named.
He was Myka Tuala, 6, from Wellington.
Myka died after a serious head-on crash On January 1 on State Highway 1 at Hikurangi - between George St and Jordan Valley Rd - about 4.20pm.
Police said a further five people have been injured, one critically, two seriously and two moderately.
Absolute tragedy : Dire toll sees a person die nearly every day on our roads in 2020
31 Dec, 2020 10:35 PM
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A crash on State Highway 1 near Tokoroa that claimed the lives of two people in July. Photo / John Van der Ven
A crash on State Highway 1 near Tokoroa that claimed the lives of two people in July. Photo / John Van der Ven
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The Ministry of Transport has today released the provisional road toll for 2020, revealing a heartbreaking 320 people died in crashes - on average six people every week.
Despite improving on 2019 s toll, the ministry is calling it an absolute tragedy .