NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
MOHAKA BRIDGE HOUSE BUS CRASH
SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 1995

At around 8.45pm on Sunday the 10 September 1995, a 1948 Ford housebus travelling north, crashed off the 50 metre Mohaka Bridge on State Highway Five - also known as the Napier - Taupo Road with the loss of eight lives, one of the worst road crashes in New Zealand history.

Those killed were: -

ALLEN Enid Kahurangi 27
AVERY Leslie Stuart (Stu) 27
HEREMIA Owen Neil 32
HOUNUKU Ana/Una Paea 34
MOON Dwayne Symon 15mths
SEYMOUR-MOSES Eden Theresa Joe 1
MOSES Matthew James 28
SAMUELS Hineruhu June 32

Also see TWO DECADES ON FROM BAY'S BLACK DAY - Linked

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