New bride killed in crash

The 26 year-old woman who got married yesterday and who was killed in a car crash on the way home from her wedding reception in an East Tamaki Chinese restaurant, was Yan Liu, a Chinese national who worked at an early childcare centre.

She had been living in New Zealand for three years. Her husband was not travelling in the same vehicle as her.

Two of the three other occupants in the BMW crash vehicle - a man and a woman - are still in serious condition in Auckland Hospital. The male driver of the car was discharged from hospital in the early hours of this morning.

The crash happened at the corner of Carbine Rd and the South Eastern Highway at 11.15pm last night when the car hit a light pole. Yan Liu died at the scene and the two other passengers had to be cut from the vehicle.

The car has been impounded and will undergo forensic examination over the coming days. Auckland City Police Serious Crash Unit is investigating the crash.

Yan Liu's family in China has been notified of her death and are endeavouring to make their way to New Zealand.

The couple had got married in the Beachaven Anglican Church yesterday afternoon and Yan Liu was travelling to their Hillcrest, North Shore home, with friends at the time of the fatal crash.