Fatal crash, Patea Road

Police can now release the names of the two women killed in a two-car crash in Patea, South Taranaki on Thursday 1 October.

They were Vanessa Neale, 48, and 34-year-old Jomie Hirst, both of Manawatu.

Investigations into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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