The crash on Sandy Rd, Meanee which killed two people in 2018. Photo / Warren BucklandThe crash on Sandy Rd, Meanee which killed two people in 2018. Photo / Warren BucklandThe use of seatbelts could have prevented the death of a Napier woman and a Hastings teenager who died in a crash on Sandy Rd, Meanee in 2018, a coroner has found. Pascoe suffered multiple injuries and Matiu Areke Aaron Whatarau, 17, of Hastings, a passenger in Pascoe's vehicle, also suffered multiple injuries. A witness driving on Sandy Rd had noticed a faded yellow or cream car [Pascoe's car] about 100 metres in front of her as she passed the Meeanee Speedway.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 11, 2021 02:37 UTC