Tragedy hits Manshande family twice in 12 months
A motorcyclist who was killed in a collision with a truck on the West Coast Thursday has been named as John Samuel Manshande, police said.
Mr Manshande, a 27-year-old farm worker, believed to be from the Netherlands, was killed instantly.
The crash happened on Newcastle St in Waimangaroa, between Westport and Granity, about 11.40am, police said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11544816
[The above information was available only through MSM; it was not posted on the police website.]
Double tragedy
Mr Manshande was the father of Anamiek Manshande, aged 22 months, who drowned in a shallow garden pond on a Waimangaroa farm almost exactly a year ago on 18 November 2014.
Manshande family had moved to Waimangaroa about four years ago. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/73995210/double-tragedy-for-west-coast-family
Fatal crash north of Pakaraka in Northland
Thursday, 12 November 2015 – 9:06am – Northland. Police are investigating the cause of a fatal crash north of Pakaraka in Northland early this morning.
At 2am a vehicle heading south on State Highway 10 has collided with a truck, which was transporting a house, about 1km north of Pakaraka. The 52-year-old driver of the southbound vehicle died at the scene. The driver and passengers in the transporter truck were shaken but unhurt.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-crash-north-pakaraka-northland
Crash in Kawarau Gorge
Thursday, 12 November 2015 – 3:59am – The crash involved a single vehicle with six occupants. One of the passengers, aged 54 years of Alexandra, received a suspected back injury and was eventually flown to Dunedin Public Hospital. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/crash-kawarau-gorge
Motorcyclist injured in collision with bull
A man riding a three-wheeled motorcycle was seriously injured after smashing into a bull standing in the middle of a rural Waikato road.
The 44-year-old from Waihi suffered serious chest, shoulder and arm injuries from the crash at the intersection of Wiseman and Eastport Rd in the Springdale area.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/73998550/Motorcyclist-injured-in-collision-with-bull
