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Name Release: Fatal Crash Albury

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 1:07 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police can now release the name of the man who died in a single-vehicle crash near Albury, Mackenzie, on Thursday 19 December.

He was Cale Tompkins Tairua, 18, of Albury.

Police extend our sympathies to his loved ones at this difficult time.

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