Six dead in spate of car crashes
Six people have died in car crashes since Sunday night.
Late on Sunday two cars collided head-on about 9.40pm on State Highway 6 north of Winton, Southland, killing three people.
A man and a woman in one of the cars died and a person in the other car died. All were aged in their 20s. A baby and a 2-year-old toddler, who were both in car seats, survived.
In Auckland, a teenager who died after a police chase on Monday morning was a passenger in a stolen car which was recently driven the wrong way on a motorway. Morocco Tai, 15, died while two others were trapped in a stolen car that hit a tree in the subwas a social problem and the¯ofOcom-urb tara about 6am. munity needed to find the answer. On September 22, he and four
One dairy owner in the area other teenagers were in a car that said shoplifters were his biggest was driven on the wrong side of headache. Auckland’s southern motorway.
‘‘They just come in and grab Inspector Dave Simpson said stuff and run away.’’ police attempted to stop a stolen
The police followed up on the vehicle. The driver fled and less video but the culprits were often than a minute later, the car hit a young and knew it was hard to do tree. ‘‘This type of behaviour has anything to stop them. to stop ... Fleeing driver incidents
‘‘They are professional thieves are incredibly dangerous.’’ and they have no fear …The girls Both passengers in the car were are the worst. They use bad 16-year-old girls, one of whom is in language and get very aggressive. a serious condition.
They are terrible.’’ In Motueka, near Nelson, a
Another retailer close to a cash motorcyclist died and the driver of machine said beggars were her a car suffered head injuries in a major concern. crash about 5.50am on Monday.
‘‘They approach people and In Auckland, a man died after a intimidate people … some of these car crash in the grounds of North blokes are not little.’’ Shore Hospital about 12.55pm.
She had even gone out and Police suspected the cause was stood by the cash machine to help medical but said it was too soon to elderly people feel safe. confirm either way.