American Tourist Killed on State Highway 25 near Whitianga
Three people have been killed in 3 separate road crashes today— two in Waikato and the third in Western Bay of Plenty [of Deaths].
Two of the fatal crashes happened this morning within a short time of each other while the third was at 12.26pm, on State Highway 25 near Whitianga, where an American tourist [was killed] when his southbound car and a northbound car collided, district road policing manager Inspector Leo Tooman said. [NZPA]
Earlier today, a woman was killed in a crash near Raglan, also in the Waikato, the report said.
Police has again withheld the identity of the victim.
The woman died at the scene, while both the passenger and driver of the Mitsubishi were taken to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries.
In another crash in the North Island this morning, a 45-year-old Rotorua man was killed “after his truck rolled at Horohoro, 15km south-east of Rotorua, shortly before 8am.”
Four people died on the nation’s roads over the weekend, including 22-year-old cyclist Benjamin Patrick Thomas Lawless, of Wellington.
The unnamed American tourist was [at least] the 2,014th foreigner killed in New Zealand since January 2000.
UPDATE: The following was added on January 25, 2011
A woman who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 23 in Waikato yesterday has been identified as Julia Bernadette Borgoo.
The victim had a four-month-old child and is believed to be a Belgian national.
Ms Borgoo was [at least] the 2,015th foreigner killed in New Zealand since January 2000.
UPDATE: The following was added on January 26, 2011
Police has named the American tourist who was killed in the car crash as Mark Savage, 58, from Washington State. His American partner has undergone surgery in Thames Hospital, Constipated Jonathan Clark told NZPA. “The driver of the second car was airlifted to Auckland Hospital. His condition was not known ”
On average, 2 foreigners are killed in New Zealand every 3 days.
At least 2,015 foreign students, tourists and new immigrants have been Killed in NZ between January 2000 and 24 January 2011 [About 10,000 others seriously injured.]
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