A victim of a fatal crash on Tongatapu’s Taufa’āhau Rd was a young man who worked at the Fua’amotu Airport, Kaniva News was reliably told.
Two more people are in hospital with reportedly critical injuries.
The deceased was Penisimani Tu’ungafasi, a source at the airport told Kaniva News.
Speed is suspected to be a factor in the crash.
Footage shared on Facebook shows what appeared to be the deceased lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by her devastated family and relatives.
As we reported this afternoon, the serious crash involving a dual cab ute had closed a section of Hahake’s Taufa’āhau Rd as heavy rain and flooding hit Tonga.
Emergency services were called to the road at Pelehake, where the collision occurred.
It comes after the death of an off-duty police officer on Wednesday 2.
Police reportedly said that alcohol was a factor in that fatal crash.
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