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Several Filipinos killed in NZ road crash: media

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<p>A road crash Sunday morning in New Zealand claimed the lives of seven people, including members of the Filipino community in Auckland, according to media reports.</p><p>Stuff news website said the victims were on their way home when the van they were riding collided with a truck on State Highway 1 between Blenheim and Picton around 7:30 a.m. Sunday (local time).</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A Year 11 student survived the crash in Marlborough that killed 7 of his relatives on Sunday, including his brother and mum. <a href="https://t.co/WsDu5uHXiH">https://t.co/WsDu5uHXiH</a></p>— Stuff (@NZStuff) <a href="https://twitter.com/NZStuff/status/1538734931358035968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The news report identified some of the victims as Paul Brown, his wife Diseree and their son Mark; as well as Diseree’s sister, Divine Dolar, and the latter’s daughter Flordeliza. A baby is also among the fatalities.</p><p>The group had just attended a funeral.</p><p>“Police can confirm that one of the deceased was the driver of the van at the time of the crash,” Inspector Simon Feltham, Marlborough Area Commander, said in a statement.</p><p>Two other passengers of the van have been brought to the hospital, while the truck driver suffered minor injures, according to the reports.</p><p>“It is a real shock because of the tragedy of our family,&quot; Princess Clariman, a relative of the victims, was quoted to have said in a New Zealand Herald report on Monday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#x27;All of them are gone&#x27;: Relative of Picton crash victims in shock over family tragedy <a href="https://t.co/jnEuOmKpqU">https://t.co/jnEuOmKpqU</a> <a href="https://t.co/VLmIvqb34V">pic.twitter.com/VLmIvqb34V</a></p>— nzherald (@nzherald) <a href="https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/1538804392685715458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The same report said circumstances of the crash are still being investigated, according to police.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSboYcBdHk8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A road crash Sunday morning in New Zealand claimed the lives of seven people including members of the Filipino community in Auckland, according to media reports.