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Triple fatality victims named

Sunday 21 February 2010, 5:29PM

By New Zealand Police

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NELSON

Three young men from Nelson were killed this morning and a fourth is in hospital with serious injuries resulting from a single vehicle crash that had occurred earlier today.

Senior Sergeant Stu Koefoed of Nelson Police said that a Ford Telstar was being driven at very high speed down Marsden Valley Road in Stoke some time around 6am this morning. The teenage driver braked heavily at the end of a long straight for approximately 100 metres before leaving the road and colliding with a large tree.

The vehicle was destroyed in the crash and three of the occupants, including the driver were killed. The matter has been reported to the Coroner.

Those killed are :
18 yr old Jordan Rangiuia of Stoke
17 yr old Jonathan David Joseph Williams of Richmond and
18 yr old Daniel Taylor Johnson of Stoke

Police are not looking for any other persons as a result of this crash but have appealed for any witnesses to the driving a grey Ford Telstar in or around the Nelson area in the early hours of this morning to contact Nelson Police on 03 - 5463840.


Stu Koefoed
Senior Sergeant
Nelson