Drugs are believed to have been involved in an incident at a Raglan beach car park that left one person dead and another in hospital. However, a second person in the car was taken to Waikato Hospital in a moderate condition, she said. The New Zealand Herald has learned that drugs were believed to have played a part in the death, which was understood to be accidental. Resident Bernard Brown lives in a house overlooking the reserve and the car had been parked near the boat ramp. “But there was another person in the car that got out, and must have rung the police.”The vehicle involved was a grey SUV and was guarded by police cars.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 20, 2019 23:15 UTC