Update 2 - Fatal crash in Oakleigh
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 4:18 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police
Update 2 - Fatal crash in Oakleigh, Whangarei
District
Please attribute to Inspector Wayne Ewers, Road
Policing Manager, Northland Police.
Cordons on SH1 from
this morning’s triple fatality crash will be lifted in the
next 20 minutes.
Police are working to clear the last of
the debris from the road and anticipate the road will be
reopened at approximately 4.20pm.
We would like to thank
all motorists for their patience while they managed the
scene of this tragic crash.
Again, Police’s sincere
sympathies are with the families and friends of those
involved.
ENDS
© Scoop Media
Join Scoop Citizen
Scoop is a champion of independent journalism and open publishing - informing New Zealanders through straight-talking independent journalism, and publishing news from a wide range of sectors. Join us and support the publication of trustworthy, relevant, public interest news, freely accessible to all New Zealanders:
Become a member
Find out more
Sam Uffindell’s defenders keep reminding us that he was only 16 at the time of the King’s College incident, and haven’t we all done things in our teens that, as adults, we look back on with shame and embarrassment? True. Let's be honest. Haven’t we all at one time or another, joined a gang and beaten a smaller, younger kid black and blue with wooden clubs? In that respect, Uffindell’s defenders on the streets of Tauranga risk sounding a bit like the psychiatrist Kargol played by Graham Chapman on Monty Python. Some of the media commentary has also noted how the Uffindell saga has taken the shine off National’s good poll results and distracted us all from the unveiling of an important welfare policy at the recent National Patty conference. OK… So let's put the spotlight back on that welfare policy...
More>>