For victims of fatal smash
He said he couldn’t feel his legs. He was in a bit of shock’ WITNESS
Robinson, believed to be the owner of the Skyline, is from Te Awamutu.
Police also confirmed a link between Friday horror crash and an earlier incident at a Te Awamutu petrol station, where the driver of a Nissan Skyline was allegedly involved in an altercation with a motorist.
Waikato Roading Police manager Inspector Freda Grace said illegal street racing was a problem in the region and they were working closely with the community to find the occupants of the third car.
Ohaupo Road resident Steve Hartland said a driver of a ute, who was one of the first on the scene of the crash, had confronted the driver about his speeding shortly before the crash occurred.
A witness to the crash, who only wanted to be known as Gina, described the incident as being like the movie Fast and Furious.
The two cars came ‘‘flying’’ down the road, she said.
Police have not identified the make of that vehicle, only that it was a light-coloured small car, Grace said.
‘‘We heard the cars racing, going really fast, well over 150[kmh],’’ Gina said on Saturday. ‘‘When they came around the corner, I saw oncoming headlights travelling south.
‘‘There was a bang that sounded like a backfire, then the oncoming lights vanished.’’
She said it looked like the second car, the Skyline, was coming out to pass the front vehicle when it slid across into the oncoming van.
‘‘You could see them cross over, came around the corner and caned it.’’
The other vehicle appeared to slow down after the crash, before ‘‘flooring it’’.
‘‘There was no way they didn’t know about it [the crash]. They were switching through the gears as fast as they could – they didn’t hesitate.’’
It took her 20 seconds to regis- ter there was a crash, Gina said. All of the lights had vanished.
‘‘We both got up, [went] down to see if there was anything we could do, phoned 111. By the time we got there, there was screaming.’’
Gina comforted the van driver, whose legs were trapped.
‘‘He said he couldn’t feel his legs. He was in a bit of shock.’’
The van driver, in his 30s, told her the Skyline had crossed the centre line and slammed into the driver’s side of his Hamilton Plumbing Company van.
Waikato Police Senior Sergeant Pete van de Wetering said police urgently needed to speak with the occupants of the third vehicle.
He could not confirm whether there was a gathering of illegal street racing in the area on the night.