The Intersection of Everglade Drive and Redoubt Rd remains closed after a collision between a car and motorcycle. Video / Hayden Woodward
A person has been killed in a crash in South Auckland early this morning.
Police said emergency services were called to the intersection of Everglade Drive and Redoubt Rd in Goodwood Heights, Manukau, after reports of a crash between two vehicles.
The victim died at the scene of the crash,which happened shortly before 2am.
A witness said one of the vehicles involved is a motorcycle.
The first fatal crash happened late on Saturday afternoon on State Highway 1 at Kauri, between Saleyards Rd and Richards Rd, in Whangārei.
Emergency services were called to the scene about 4.10pm.
Pari Edwards and Ngarimu Hape (pictured), of Whangārei, died alongside their 6-month-old daughter Jah-Zanna Hape in a crash on Saturday afternoon. Photo / Supplied
Ngarimu Hape’s sister, Anahera Henare, told the Herald the whānau was still trying to come to terms with the devastating loss and revealed she had been talking to the couple not long before the incident.
Youngest victim 6-month-old baby
Pari Edwards and Ngarimu Hape of Whangarei died alongside their 6-onth-old daughter Jah-Zanna Hape (pictured) in a motor vehicle over the weekend. Photo / Supplied
The couple and their baby girl had been attending a birthday party at a beach before heading home.
“I spoke to them moments before the crash through video call, just as they were leaving the beach,” Henare said.
Later on Saturday night, shortly after 6pm, a motorcylist was killed in a crash involving a bus near Pukekohe, South Auckland.
Yet another crash was reported about 9.10pm in Taupō.
Authorities later confirmed one person had died and four others seriously injured in the crash; which happened on the East Taupō Arterial of SH1.
