Police have named the 22-year-old woman who was killed in a fatal crash on State Highway 29, near Matamata, on Monday.
Waikato Road Policing Manager Inspector Freda Grace says officers are continuing their investigation into crash which killed Donna Gou, who was visiting New Zealand from America.
Police have named the 22-year-old woman who was killed in a vehicle crash on State Highway 29 near Matamata on Monday. Photo: ARHT
Donna was killed when the car she was travelling in with her mother and father turned into the path of a logging truck at the turnoff to Hobbiton on SH29.
'Police express our deepest sympathies to her families,” says Freda.
'Police are reminding all road users to take care at intersections, to ensure that you know where you are going before you go, and to plan your route. We all need do everything we can to ensure everyone can make it home safely.”
Donna's parents survived the crash and were subsequently airlifted to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter and the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Both remain in a serious condition in Waikato Hospital's Intensive Care Unit.
2 comments
What Next
Posted on 22-04-2016 12:57 | By Road Ranger
First of all sympathy to the family and our thoughts are with you all at this sad time. Something MUST be done to help these overseas visitors when they are driving in NZ. with the announcement over the last couple of days that NZ will expect thousands of visitors from China, along with other countries we need to start NOW to make their journeys safe and enjoyable. The rental industry in conjunction with Tourism NZ, NZTA and approved driver trainers need to include a brief theory and practical test PRIOR to the visitors picking up their vehicle from the rental company. That won't work I can hear you say BUT this is a start in the right direction, if it saves one life at least achieved something. Yes there is a cost attached but it still would be cheaper than a loss of life or injury, etc.
Sympathy
Posted on 23-04-2016 10:47 | By mountonian
Deepest Sympathies to the family involved also to the poor truck driver no-one thinks how it effects them. :(
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