• Whakatu crash victim named as 19-year-old man

Whakatu crash victim named as 19-year-old man

A 19-year-old man from Flaxmere has been named as the victim of Friday's crash in Whakatu.

Emergency services were called to the collision between a truck and a car on Anderson Road, Whakatu, just after 7.30am.

This afternoon, police revealed the man was Jaydus Hungahunga. 

"Police extend their sympathies to his loved ones," a police spokesperson said. 

The investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.

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