Wednesday, 12 October 2016 - 3:44pm |
Canterbury

Man dies in motorcycle crash yesterday - name release

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At about 8.35 pm on Tuesday 11th October 2016, a 21 year old male crashed his motorcycle on Wigley Road, near Pleasant Point, northwest of Timaru.

Matthew Robert Malthus, of Pleasant Point, failed to take a left hand bend in the road and crashed his motorcycle into a fence. He died at the scene.

Police extend their sympathies to Mr Malthus' family at this time.

ENDS

Issued by the Police Media Centre