28 Feb 2016

Woman missing for three days involved in crash

7:00 pm on 28 February 2016

A Manawatu woman missing for three days has been found and taken to hospital with minor injuries from a car crash, police say.

Aquitania (Tai) Luxford

Aquitania (Tai) Luxford Photo: NZ Police

Aquitania (Tai) Luxford, 73, was found this evening about 5.30pm.

She was taken to Whanganui Hospital with minor injuries after the car she was in crashed into a bank, police said.

She had been missing since Thursday. Three aerial searches since Friday had failed to locate her.

Ms Luxford suffers from dementia.