NZ 2009 Road Deaths Reach 122

Never Underestimate The Power of NZ Police Stupidity

The body of a man was found near his burning car

The man whose body was found near his burning car was identified as Lindsay Mark Antony Bell, 45, of Cambridge, New Zealand.

The nincompoop-come-secretive NZ police said the death was not being treated as suspicious. When asked  what happened to the guy, they said they couldn’t reveal the cause of death.  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562654

Meanwhile, carnage on New Zealand death roads reached a new crescendo:

A young child was killed after being hit by a motorcycle on State Highway 46 west of Turangi this afternoon at 2pm.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562704

Police killed a 14-year-old boy within a minute of chasing a car in Auckland early today.

“The victim was a passenger in a stolen car which crashed about 47 seconds after the police pursuit began in the west Auckland suburb of Titirangi. He died at the scene.”

The police could have taken measures to immobilize the ‘stolen vehicle,’ but they didn’t.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562703

A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Nelson, New Zealand.

“Police said there had been reports of up to 10 youths kicking letterboxes, rubbish bins and passing cars as they walked along Weka Street around 9.30pm.

The victim reportedly stepped into the road to avoid being hit by rubbish bins, only to be hit by a passing vehicle.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562618

The driver of a car was killed when his car collided with another car whose 5 occupants received critical injuries.  The collision  occurred on the Owaka Highway in South Otago, near the Finegand freezing works.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562640

At 4.30pm yesterday a woman was killed when two cars collided at Prebbleton, south of Christchurch at an intersection. Several other were injured.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10562640

Gendie Cara Roxburgh was killed when her car went out of control and  rolled near Cust, 50km northwest of Christchurch at 4:50pm yesterday.