Matakana crash claims second life

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A second person has died following a car crash at Matakana last week.

Janine Baer, 19, died in Auckland Hospital on Thursday night - a day after the crash.

Her mother, 48-year-old Romy Reinhardt-Baer died at the scene of the crash on Leigh Rd.

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Ms Baer was driving the car. She had been living and working in New Zealand since last July.

Her parents had come to visit her here and her father remains in Auckland Hospital.

The crash is still under investigation by the Waitemata Serious Crash Unit and is expected to take at least several weeks.