The Chinese Consulate General in Christchurch (New Zealand) confirmed earlier today (December 8) that two Chinese tourists in their 50s were killed in a car crash on New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday evening (December 7), and that another Chinese tourist was also injured.
The two decedents, a married couple, were rear-seat passengers when their car plunged about five meters over the side of a cliff near the Homer Tunnel, not far from Milford. The front-seat passenger, a 29-year-old Chinese national, a man, suffered a lung injury which is not life threatening. The driver of the vehicle, a Chinese woman residing in New Zealand, was uninjured and was helping police with their investigation.
The two decedents, a married couple, were rear-seat passengers when their car plunged about five meters over the side of a cliff near the Homer Tunnel, not far from Milford. The front-seat passenger, a 29-year-old Chinese national, a man, suffered a lung injury which is not life threatening. The driver of the vehicle, a Chinese woman residing in New Zealand, was uninjured and was helping police with their investigation.
COMMENT: The cause of the single car crash is under investigation. Police said weather and alcohol were not factors in the crash, which happened at a downward hairpin corner about one kilometer from Milford.
