Police would not comment on the events leading up to her death. Photo / File
A woman who died after being hit by two vehicles in Wanganui on Friday night would have celebrated her 27th birthday today.
Mother of three Ngawaiata Czarina Taurerewa was struck by a car in the suburb of Gonville, thrown to the ground and hit by a van.
St John Ambulance
was called at 9.20pm. An ambulance official said members of the public, and then St John Ambulance staff, tried to resuscitate her but she died at the scene.
Police would not comment on the events leading up to her death.
On a social media site, Miss Taurerewa wrote that she loved the outdoors and watching rugby and extreme sports, as well as playing basketball.
