24 Jan 2021

Police apologise for wrongly saying crash victim died

3:37 pm on 24 January 2021

Police have apologised after incorrectly saying a person died in a crash two days ago, when the person is alive and in hospital.

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A police statement said they wrongly stated yesterday that someone died in a car and bike crash on Lake Terrace in Taupō on Friday.

The person is actually in a stable condition in hospital.

Police "sincerely apologise" to the person, their family and friends, and those involved in the crash.