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Police release name of Whanganui dirt bike crash victim

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The incident occurred on Seafront Rd, Castlecliff, about 4.10pm on May 25.

The incident occurred on Seafront Rd, Castlecliff, about 4.10pm on May 25.

Police have named the man who died in a single-vehicle dirt bike crash at Castlecliff, Whanganui.

He was 25-year-old Paki Topi Rongo Whiti-ao Maaka Ngaira, of Castlecliff.

The incident occurred on Seafront Rd, Castlecliff, about 4.10pm on May 25.

Ngaira’s bike, which crashed into a parked vehicle, rel="" title="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/fatal-whanganui-crash-police-appeal-for-help-after-bike-taken-from-scene/N3HLMRRMTFCIBG5AXT3ADEI6DA/">was allegedly taken before emergency services arrived at the scene.

Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are continuing.

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