A 23-year old Indian student has died in a head-on car crash in New Plymouth on Sunday, October 14.
His last rites were performed on Tuesday, October 23 at Taranaki Crematorium with full Hindu religious rites by a Pandit who travelled all the way to New Plymouth from Auckland to conduct the funeral.
The Indian student from New Delhi, Yatharth Vats had been in the country since April this year studying Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management, Level 8 from Pacific International Hotel Management School (PIHMS), Bell Block in Taranaki.
Earlier Mr Vats's elder brother Nishant Vats travelled to New Zealand on Thursday last week to complete his last rites.
Another victim of the head-on car crash was a Nepalese student in New Zealand, Shamuel BK, who came to the country in February this year to study Diploma in Professional Cookery from Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (Witt) and was due to finish his course later next year.
The incident happened around 10 p.m. on Sunday, October 14 on State Highway 3, between Kaleigh Street and Richmond Road near Waitara. Both the victims of the accident were driving alone when the head-on crash took place.
Shamuel BK from Nepal (Image: Facebook)
Mr BK’s sister, who studies in Auckland earlier last week travelled to New Plymouth after the news of her brother's death. Mr BK’s body is expected to be repatriated to Nepal later this week.
Students and faculty of both the institutes are mourning the death of Mr Vats, and Mr BK and the management is providing support to the international students, Stuff reported.
Mr BK was married and worked as a cleaner for an Orthodontist in Taranaki, media reported.
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