“Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.”
The matter is expected to be referred to the coroner.
A neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, noticed several police cars attended for hours, as well as two ambulances on the day of the incident.
“Me and the wife noticed someone coming out on a stretcher.”
The neighbour did not hear anything from the driveway until authorities arrived.
“I heard all the noise and thought, ‘what’s going on here’.
“It’s normally quite a quiet area, no real issues, people keep to themselves.”
Sammy Carter is a journalist for the New Zealand Herald covering news in the Wellington region. She has previously worked at the Rotorua Daily Post.
