Police name two teenagers killed in crash

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 2:01 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Two young women killed in a road crash in the Manawatu have been named as 17-year-old Holly Ann Eades from Feilding, and 18-year-old Jackie Maree Miller from Sanson.

Holly was the driver of a Ford Laser which lost control and collided with a Range Rover on Stewart Road yesterday as the teenagers headed towards Feilding. Jackie was a front seat passenger in the Ford and the only other occupant of the vehicle.

The driver and sole occupant of the Range Rover, a 54-year-old man from Palmerston North, was treated at hospital for minor injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash.

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