- Police suspect high speeds contributed to a crash that killed two young people in Canterbury.
- Joey Young, 20, and a 17-year-old female died after their vehicle hit a power pole.
- A third victim was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police believe high speeds could have been be a factor in a crash that killed two young people in Canterbury last week.
“While investigations into the cause of the crash continue, initial indications suggest high speed was a factor in this crash, where the vehicle collided with a power pole,” Canterbury Rural Area Commander Inspector Peter Cooper said.
Joey Young, 20, died in the crash on Butchers Rd, Clarkville on Saturday, Stuff reported.
The other victim is a 17-year-old female.
“Police continue to work with the families involved and offer their sympathies to them during this traumatic time,” Cooper said.
Emergency teams rushed to the crash at 12.10am on Saturday, finding two people already dead at the scene.
A third was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Young was a student at the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch when he died.
Christchurch Grass Kart Club President Stan McKenzie told Stuff Young was “a very nice young fella” who was “right into his sport and music”.
“He was just starting his career… and was very well known.”
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