“She was an incredibly talented lawyer and well respected.
“She’s going to be missed greatly,” the workmate said.
The colleague extended his condolences to Martin’s family and said his work team was thinking of her family.
“It’s an enormous impact and... it impacted the feel of our team greatly,” he said.
The Martelli McKegg website profile says Martin grew up in the coastal Far North and she moved to study law and accounting at the University of Auckland, graduating in September 2014.
She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court in 2015.
A witness told Stuff they saw the crash unfold from a nearby cafe and a “huge bang” was heard.
“A woman was standing at the rear passenger door on the driver’s side of a car when she was struck by a commercial van coming up the hill,” the witness said.
”Everyone rushed out and took action. Staff members from the local Mitre 10 stepped in and provided first aid until a doctor passing by stopped to help and took over.
”Someone else comforted her and held her hand and the rest of us controlled traffic until the police arrived. It all happened pretty quickly, but it was all pretty shocking.”
Detective Senior Sergeant Jason McIntosh, of the Tāmaki Makaurau Serious Crash Unit, extended his deepest condolences to Martin’s friends and whānau.
McIntosh said inquiries into the crash remain ongoing.
