Police have apologised after misidentifying the victim of a fatal crash near Seddon last month.
Police have apologised after incorrectly naming a woman as the victim of a fatal car crash.
This morning police clarified that the person who died in the June 18 crash on State Highway 1 near Seddon was Andres Bonifacio Hernan Vergara Oportot, a 50-year-old man
from Blenheim – not the woman initially identified.
Police acknowledged the mistake in a brief statement.
“Our sincere apologies to anyone affected by this error.”
According to police, the crash involved a single vehicle and the driver, Oportot, was the sole occupant.
