Police have released the name of the man killed after being struck by a car early yesterday morning [Thursday 21 November].
He was Joshua Jamie Gardiner, aged 17, of Woodend.
Senior Sergeant Malcolm Johnston, of Rangiora Police, says enquiries yesterday indicated that Mr Gardiner had been socialising with friends in Rangiora on Wednesday evening.
He had subsequently travelled by bicycle towards Woodend, but abandoned the bicycle on Boys Road. He appears to have fallen asleep on the road some 400 metres from where the bicycle was left.
Alcohol may have been a contributing factor.
ENDS