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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Two Indians have been named among the four victims of a car crash along Auckland's Muriwai beach.
Dilpreet Singh (32), Pulkit Malhotra (27), Imad Dib (31) and Syed Haris Jafri (29) were travelling along the beach in a Mitsubishi Pajero when it rolled over on Sunday, September 13. The men were killed after they were thrown out of the vehicle in the crash, said the police.
"The fact that the occupants have all been ejected from the vehicle would suggest that they may not have been wearing seatbelts, but this will be confirmed once the car has been examined," Inspector Trevor Beggs said.
Police are investigating how the crash happened, but have confirmed the 4WD was driving "at speed" along the water's edge when it either struck an object or hit sand before it flipped and rolled several times.
"It's either struck an object or has hit sand. The vehicle has then flipped and rolled several times," he said.
The NZ Herald quoted a witness who wished not to be named saying that while three bodies were lying in the waves and had no pulse whatsoever, one of them was still breathing, but was stuck in the door frame.
She said that a group of about 12 people gathered and tried to help the survivor, who was in a bad way but still breathing.
When the Westpac rescue helicopter landed, the medics picked the man up and moved him to the beach.
"They put oxygen in his stomach, trying to breathe for him, and then ... minutes later they put a sheet over his head and said a time and I kind of knew straight then and there that the fourth person was also gone," the woman said.
Singh, Dib and Jafri had been working at Auckland's Queens Academic Group for the past one year, while Malhotra had recently arrived as a tourist.
Two Indians have been named among the four victims of a car crash along Auckland's Muriwai beach.
Dilpreet Singh (32), Pulkit Malhotra (27), Imad Dib (31) and Syed Haris Jafri (29) were travelling along the beach in a Mitsubishi Pajero when it rolled over on Sunday, September 13. The men were...
Two Indians have been named among the four victims of a car crash along Auckland's Muriwai beach.
Dilpreet Singh (32), Pulkit Malhotra (27), Imad Dib (31) and Syed Haris Jafri (29) were travelling along the beach in a Mitsubishi Pajero when it rolled over on Sunday, September 13. The men were killed after they were thrown out of the vehicle in the crash, said the police.
"The fact that the occupants have all been ejected from the vehicle would suggest that they may not have been wearing seatbelts, but this will be confirmed once the car has been examined," Inspector Trevor Beggs said.
Police are investigating how the crash happened, but have confirmed the 4WD was driving "at speed" along the water's edge when it either struck an object or hit sand before it flipped and rolled several times.
"It's either struck an object or has hit sand. The vehicle has then flipped and rolled several times," he said.
The NZ Herald quoted a witness who wished not to be named saying that while three bodies were lying in the waves and had no pulse whatsoever, one of them was still breathing, but was stuck in the door frame.
She said that a group of about 12 people gathered and tried to help the survivor, who was in a bad way but still breathing.
When the Westpac rescue helicopter landed, the medics picked the man up and moved him to the beach.
"They put oxygen in his stomach, trying to breathe for him, and then ... minutes later they put a sheet over his head and said a time and I kind of knew straight then and there that the fourth person was also gone," the woman said.
Singh, Dib and Jafri had been working at Auckland's Queens Academic Group for the past one year, while Malhotra had recently arrived as a tourist.
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