Home Blog Page 473

Royal audience with PM resolves issues may arise in Privy Council and Cabinet as King agrees to sign PACER Plus

By
Kalino Latu
-

Prime Minster Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa said the king has given him a good reason why he rejected his request to have him become a member of the Privy Council.

His Majesty also declined a proposal by Hon Tu’i’onetoa to increase the power of the Minister of Police over the Police Commissioner. Again the Prime Minister said the king gave him another good reason for it.

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa said King Tupou VI told him that their monthly audiences would help sort out any differences either between the privy council and cabinet or between the king and the Prime Minister.

“That’s an opportunity for us only to meet and no one else, to discuss issues regarding the country as a whole,” Hon Tu’i’onetoa said in Tongan.

As Kaniva news reported last night, the Prime Minister revealed the rejections by the king during a meeting with the Tongan community in Auckland on Monday.

READ MORE:

Ratifying PACER Plus

The Prime Minister said in their recent audience with the king at ‘Atalanga in Auckland  they discussed the regional trade deal known as PACER Plus.

The Prime Minister told Kaniva news this afternoon he was the one who brought the trade treaty to Tonga with the idea that if “we need growth in economy, we need free trade or free from the barriers of Trade.”

Hon Tu’i’onetoa said the king did not agree with Tonga signing the treaty when the government endorsed it in 2015.

During their ‘Atalanga audience the king finally agreed to ratify the PACER Plus after he listened to what Hon Tu’i’onetoa told him about the economic deal.

The Prime Minister said Tonga would sign PACER Plus early next year.

“This has been achieved through a discussion that involved feveitokai’aki spirit and with respect to point of arguments,” he said in Tongan.

Police Commissioner and Minister of Police

The Prime Minister said the king maintained his view that police force should be controlled by the Police Commissioner rather than the minister.

He said the king believed if the force was controlled by the Minister of Police it could open opportunity to politicise certain events or activities.

“I respect his view,” Hon Tu’i’onetoa said.

He said that when he was Police Minister he deeply felt the fact he had no power over the Police Commissioner.

He said times had gone by and he had begun to believe it was better for him as minister to not have control over the police.

“I may use that power to arrest my political rivals if I have issues with them,” Hon Tu’i’onetoa said.

The king and Hon Tu’i’onetoa’s audience came after the king rejected repeated requests by the Late Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva to meet the king after the king dissolved Parliament in 2017.

The constitution stipulates that the prime minister must report to the king to discuss government matters.

King rejects PM’s proposal to become member of Privy Council and to increase powers over Police Commissioner

By
Kalino Latu
-

The king has rejected a proposal to allow Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa to become a member of the Privy Council.

The king has also declined a request by the Prime Minister to give the Minister of Police more power over the Police Commissioner.

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa made the revelation during his meeting with some members of the Tongan community in Auckland on Monday.

He told the meeting King Tupou VI rejected the proposals during their audience this month.

The Prime Minister said that while he was Police Minister he felt disappointed when he saw that the minister did not have much power over the Police Commissioner.

He said he told the king during their audience the Prime Minister should be in the Privy Council so he could thoroughly update him and his councilors of what happened in the cabinet and the executive government.

In his response regarding the proposal to increase the Police Minister’s power the king told him to toe the line (“taki taha tu’u pe i hono laini.”) When he declined the request for the prime minister to be appointed a member of the Privy Council the king told Tu’i’onetoa “you choose your own Cabinet Ministers and I choose my own Councilors.”

READ MORE:

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa was responding after a member of the Tongan community asked him during the meeting in Mangere, South Auckland about the roles of the Police Commissioner and how it worked in relation to the Minister of Police.

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa is the third prime minister since the democratic reform in 2010 . There have been concerns that while the government is democratically elected, some of its key appointments are made by the king and his Privy Council who they are not accountable to the people. These included the appointments of the Police Commissioner and the Attorney General.

Lord Tu’ivakano was the first Prime Minister after the move to democracy in 2010. He quickly realised there were issues with the existing constitution and how it stipulated the appointments of these key positions. Lord Tu’ivakano finally endorsed a report by  Constitutional Law expert from the Commonwealth, Peter Pursglove, who reviewed Tonga’s 2010 constitution.

In his report, which was published in 2014, Pursglove said Tonga’s 2010 constitution was poorly written, promoted secrecy, compromised the role of the judiciary and parts of it may have been  illegal.

Pursglove said the Privy Council lacked any democratic composition or accountability.

Police Acts – Parliament’s report

In 2015 Parliament was told the Police Acts needed to be amended to give more power and authority to the Minister of Police.

Parliament said the call for amendment to the Acts was raised by the former Prison Commissioner Sione Falemanu and senior officers during a parliamentary visit to Hu’atolitoli Prison.

According to the Tonga Police Acts the Police Minister could meet with the Police Commissioner to give him direction of what the Minister  would like the Commissioner to do for the safety of the community.

Former Police Minister Mateni Tapueluelu reportedly said the fact the Police Commissioner was not appointed by the Cabinet according to the constitution while the minister is being appointed by the Cabinet made it difficult for them to work together for the benefit of the community.

Tapueluelu said that in New Zealand the Prime Minister, on the advice of Cabinet, recommended the appointment of the Police Commissioner to the Governor General. 

King’s first response for the country

The revelation by the Prime Minister was the first time the country has received a response from the king after a raft of six bills were tabled by the late ‘Akilisi Pohiva’s government in Parliament earlier this year.

The bills included giving the government, rather than the king, control over key judicial and police appointments.

The bills were first submitted to Parliament by Lord Tu’ivakano in 2014 although the noble and his former government ministers and MPs did not support the bills this year when ‘Akilisi Pohiva’s government submitted them to Parliament after public consultations. 

Previous proposal for Privy Council

Prime Minister Tu’i’onetoa‘s deputy, Sione Vuna Fā’otusia, told a press conference in Nuku’alofa in 2017 that the then government proposed to amend the Constitution so that Cabinet ministers become members of the Privy Council.

Hon. Fa’otusia said this was to allow the ministers to talk and discuss directly with the king any laws or any amendments to the constitution right from the beginning to the end before the king chose to sign them off or not.

He said it was a good idea to get the king involved in the process right from the start so he could really understand why MPs wanted to make or amend those laws.

He also said the judicial committee which advised the king in Privy Council had caused instability in Tonga.

“These committee members were people we did not know,” the Minister told the  press conference.

They were not chosen by the people, he said.

The committee was chaired by Lord Dalgety of Sikotilani Tonga and few other law lords, the Minister said. 

Hon. Fā’otusia said many of the amendments to laws and the Constitution passed by Parliament were vetoed by His Majesty because of this judicial committee.

“If the judicial committee did not agree with laws and  amendments to the constitutions which were already passed by the Parliament that’s the end of it” the Minister said.

Supreme Court finds husband and wife guilty of multiple sexual assault charges

By
Kaniva Staff
-

The Supreme Court has found a husband and wife guilty of multiple charges of sexual assault.

The husband was found guilty of eight charges, including two counts of rape and four counts of serious indecent assault.

The wife has been found guilty of five offences, including  three of serious indecent assault, and one count of abetting rape.

The case was heard before Judge Niu in Vava’u.

The offences occurred on January 11 this year after the complainant and several other people, including the husband and wife, had engaged in a lengthy drinking session which  began the previous night.

The complainant had vomited twice during the evening. At around dawn on the 11th the husband and wife offered to drive her home.

The complainant said was very drunk and the last thing she remembered was the woman showering her in a house.

She told the court that when she woke she was naked and the husband and wife were having sex beside her. The husband and wife then performed a series of sexual acts on her.

She was eventually able to escape from the house in which she was being held.

She told the court she found shelter in another house and eventually her cousin came and collected her.

The defendants denied her accusations and gave evidence that the complainant had willingly participated in certain acts, but also that they (husband and wife) had quarreled over the girl’s presence.

Judge Niu said the case revolved around whether the complainant had consented.

He found beyond any treasonable doubt that the complainant had not  consented to any of the acts and therefore found the husband and wife guilty.

The judge ordered that the complainant not be identified.

Disciplined, defiant Democrat demonstrators gather outside meeting; PM reveals nobles’ $6m ‘down payment’ in negotiations over road project

By
Kalino Latu
-

Editor’s note: This story is edited to correct what we have earlier on said Lord Tu’ilakepa owned a quarry and that he has offered to sell rocks for TOP$70 per heavy truck load if the government used his quarry for the road project. That was not correct.

New Zealand-based PTOA supporters protesting against the rule of Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa staged large demonstrations in Mangere, South Auckland yesterday.

For more than five hours the protesters sang hymns and waved anti-government banners in defiance of the restrictions put in their way by police, who kept them across the road from the meeting venue.

The meeting was held at the hall of the United Church of Tonga Taufa’ahau Tupou IV.

Undercover and uniformed police officers stood in front and among the protesters to prevent them from moving across to the other side of the road where Hon. Tu’i’onetoa was meeting with some members of the Tongan community.

Hundreds of Democratic party demonstrators appeared to have been well organised and disciplined for the largely peaceful rally. The only exception came when the Prime Minister’s supporters launched themselves at the Democrat supporters.

Members of Tongan community meet with the Prime Minister. Photo/Kaniva Tonga

As Kaniva news has already reported a clash ensued following exchanges of words from among the protesters and their opponents, who had gathered  on the church property.

PTOA supporters held banners calling for PM Tu’i’onetoa to step down and calling him a traitor.

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa told the meeting at the hall he was happy to meet them for the first time.

He asked for their help in his attempts to build the nation.

PM Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa and Chief Secretary Edgar Cocker. Photo/Kaniva Tonga

Prime Minister’s Project

Hon Tu’i’onetoa told the gathering what he has described as the “Prime Minister’s project.”

This was his cabinet’s main priority of filling and sealing all roads in Tonga.

The Prime Minister reminded the audience this was a project created and approved by the former government of ‘Akilisi Pohiva, which had been deferred.

He said then when he was elected he decided to put the policy into action.

He said the project was named as his project to facilitate the work required and so he could deal with problems and change laws if necessary.

TP$6 million down payment deal

The Prime Minister said two of his noble cabinet ministers offered to sell rocks for TOP$70 per heavy truck load if the government used their quarries for the road project.

Kaniva understands the nobles were Lord Ma’afu and Lord Nuku.

The Prime Minister said based on how the government calculated the costs for the rocks, it could spend nearly $20 million on the project if it accepted the nobles’ offer.

He said the nobles also made a down payment of $6 million, which was $3 million for each of them, to be paid to them in advance and the government would settle the balance within 10 years.

Hon Tu’i’onetoa said nothing had been agreed or approved at this stage.

He said the nobles’ offer could save about $36 million because the other three quarries the government could use cost $200 per heavy truck load.

If the government used these quarries it could spent $56 million to complete the project. He said the government did not have that much money.

The Prime Minister lashed out at his critics who alleged that the government had paid $3 million each to the nobles.

The criticisms  

The PTOA supporters have criticised the Prime Minister for the deals, saying they involved a conflict of interest.

Some critics claimed the Prime Minister’s supporters have accused the late ‘Akilisi government of nepotism and favouritism, but now the Tu’i’onetoa government has done the same thing

The Prime Minister was welcomed at the meeting with positive comments from the audience who at times applauded him and his Chief Secretary, Edgar Cocker.

Hon Tu’i’onetoa did not reply to a question from Tagata Pasifika correspondent John Pulu who asked him during the meeting what would he like to say about the protesters who rallied outside and called for him to step down.

It was not clear why Hon Tu’i’onetoa did not respond to that question after he responded to a first question by Pulu.

It appeared the Prime Minister  may have been affected after he tripped over the edge of the carpet and fell to his knee on his way from the microphone to his seat when he finished his opening speech. However, he appeared to be fine later on.

Pulu said he did not pursue the question and felt for the Prime Minister after he fell over.  

Request to donate tar

Hon Tu’i’onetoa asked the audience during the meeting to donate one drum of tar for each of their families in Tonga.

Some who spoke during the meeting supported the idea while some raised concerns at how this donation could be collected and organised to make sure no one abused the opportunity.

Hon Tu’i’onetoa said he had just returned from Norway and had asked the Norwegian Prince if he could donate 150 drums of tar to Tonga. The Prime Minister reported that the Prince said he would talk to the petrol company about it.  

As Kaniva news reported previously, the Minister of Infrastructure said the government would help families who had no family members overseas. In the case of constituencies like Vava’u, where kava plants were their major source of income, people could trade in kava for their tar.

Read More:

“We’ll leave it to the police,” says church leader ahead of demonstration against PM

Peaceful protests turn violent as anti-PM demonstrators launch attack on protesters

By
Kalino Latu
-

A peaceful protest against Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa yesterday in South Auckland turned violent.

While hundreds of the protesters continued to demonstrate peacefully, singing hymns and chanting slogans, a clash erupted after some of the Prime Minister’s supporters opened a gate and launched themselves at the protesters from across the road.   

These were members of a security force used by the church authorities to guard the United Church of Tonga Taufa’ahau property where Hon. Tu’i’onetoa was holding a meeting with some members of the Tongan community.

Police at the scene called for backup.

Several police cars arrived and the clash was quickly brought under control.

The clash was caught on video which shows what appeared to be a woman who came to the fence of the church and began exchanging words with some of the Democratic party protesters from across the road.

Controversial figure Kelekōlio Tapueluelu, who vowed to interrupt the demonstrators, his sons and friends could be seen in the videos during the clash with the protesters.

He was also seen talking to police officers at the gate in an attempt to make sure the Prime Minster’s vehicle could not be identified by the protesters when it left the gate about 10pm. 

However, when the vehicle arrived at the gate the protesters realised it was his and booed it.

The tension on both sides of the road was a mixture of joy and a sense of controlled threat.

By-standers who were taking photos appeared to be expecting something immense to happen.

At the same time, the Prime Minister was speaking to some members of the community inside the church’s hall.

Hon Tu’i’onetoa appeared emotional and tearful at times while he was talking to the audience.

“We’ll leave it to the police,” says church leader ahead of demonstration against PM

By
Kaniva Staff
-

A Tongan church leader in Auckland said today he did not want his organisation involved in partisan politics.

Secretary of the Tākanga ‘A e Kau Taki Lotu Tonga, Sione Tu’itahi was speaking ahead of today’s community meeting with visiting Tongan Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa, at which supporters of the Tongan democratic movement are expected to protest.

Tu’itahi said his organisation did “not know much” about the discussions on social media about the protests.

“We’ll leave it to the police,” he said.

News media were invited to the meeting, Tu’itahi said.

In Tongan he said: ” ‘Oku ‘atā ki he ngaahi kautaha ongoongo’ ke nau ‘i he fakataha’ ‘o tānaki ha’anau ongoongo, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ha taimi mavahe ‘o e Palēmia ke fakataha mo e kau faiongoongo’ pe konifelenisi ongoongo.”

The planned protest has led to heated exchanges with political rivals.

As Kaniva news reported last night, former Tongan policeman Kelekolio Tapueluelu threatened to disrupt the demonstration.

Tu’itahi said the Prime Minister’s office in Tonga had asked his organisation to work with the Tongan consulate at ‘Atalanga to organise a meeting.

It is being held at the United Church of Tonga Taufa’ahau Tupou IV at Grey Street, Mangere.

“This meeting was not a meeting for political parties,” he said.

“The Takanga ‘a e Kau Taki Lotu Tonga wants to remain apolitical.”

Tu’itahi said he felt the  meeting with Hon. Tu’i’onetoa would be safe.

“We have made contact with police and they will be there to keep the peace.

“We respect the rights of the people to protest according to the law, but we do not want people to protest on church property.”

He said the Tākanga ‘a e kau Taki Lotu Tonga had twice asked the public in radio broadcasts to keep the peace.

“We trust the police will make sure everyone abides by the law.”

The main points

  • A Tongan church leader in Auckland said today he did not want his organisation involved in partisan politics.
  • Secretary of the Tākanga ‘a e kau Taki Lotu Tonga, Sione Tu’itah,i was speaking ahead of today’s community meeting with visiting Tongan Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa, at which supporters of the Tongan democratic movement are expected to protest.

For more information

Tapueluelu threatens to interrupt anti-PM demonstration; protest organiser “surprised” at former undercover cop’s reaction

Prime Minister tells COP25 climate change greatest threat to Tonga; report says change is happening sooner and is worse than predicted

By
Kaniva Staff
-

Climate change was the single greatest threat to Tonga and the Pacific Island countries Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa told the UN climate change meeting in Madrid this week.

The Prime Minister told the COP 25 meeting said Tonga’s vulnerability to climate change made it the second most at-risk country in the world.

His comments came after a report that says the effects of climate change in the Pacific have happened a lot sooner and are a lot worse than had been predicted.

Dr Elizabeth Holland at the University of the South Pacific said the report made a dire forecast about the future of the ocean and that drastic action was needed soon.

Urgent

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa said Tonga stood in solidarity with all other Small Island Developing States in calling for urgent action to combat climate change.

“The effects of climate change continue to threaten the environment, land, the ocean and marine resources, upon which the livelihood and existence of our people depend.

“In the course of time and as science tells us, these impacts are rapidly exacerbating our vulnerabilities and swiftly eroding our capacities for resilience.

The Prime Minister said the kingdom had suffered unprecedented rates of coastal erosion, inundation, flash flooding, sea-level rise and intense tropical cyclones.

Hon. Tu’i’onetoa cited the Pacific Island Forum Leaders’ Kainaki II Declaration and called for urgent climate action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

During the Conference, the Prime Minister and the Tongan delegation met with the Asian Development Bank, the Green Climate Fund, the International Solar Alliance and representatives of New Zealand and Norway to foster closer mutual cooperation in the fight against climate change.

Projects managed  by the government and funded by international donor organisations include US$23.8 million being spent on the Climate Resilient Sector Project and US$26.1 million being spent on renewable energy in the outer islands.

Other projects included the Tonga Renewable Energy project of US$53.2 million for solar batteries in Tongatapu, Matafonua, Kolovai and Fahefa, the US$20 million Nuku’alofa Integrated Development fund , the US$45 million allocated to the Fanga’uta Bridge and the proposed Climate Resilient pathway projects with the Green Climate Fund of US$250 million.

Terrifying crisis

Fijian Prime Minister Frank rank Bainimarama told the Madrid conference  several western countries were only paying what he called lip service to the vulnerability of Pacific countries, while actively denying scientific consensus.

The Fijian leader said humanity was on the cusp of a terrifying crisis.

And Samoa’s delegation warned the conference: “Your turn will come.”

“While Samoa and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are victims now of the impacts of climate change, as sure as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, your turn will come, sooner rather than later,” H.E Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia said.

“There is a misguided notion to portray climate change as a small island developing states concern only.

“Nothing can be further from the truth. Climate change crosses borders by force and uninvited and does not discriminate by size or might.”

Government says it will put controversial aircraft back in the air after deal with China

By
Kalino Latu
-

The Tongan government says it will put the  troubled MA60 airliner back into service.

The aircraft has been grounded for several years.

A government press release said it intended to have the aircraft back in operations within six months.

The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the MA60’s manufacturer following a visit to China.

An aviation expert who spoke to Kaniva news on the basis of anonymity said it could cost up to TP$8 million to fix the aircraft.

“The MA60 has a lot of maintenance issues to resolve before it flies again,” he said.

He said the longer an aircraft was grounded the more servicing it would need to make it serviceable.

This included the requirement for some certain parts of the aircraft to be overhauled or replaced, he said.

China gave the aircraft, which is based on a 1960s Soviet design, to Tonga in 2013. It started flying  domestically in August of that year.

However the New Zealand government issued a warning to travelers over safety concerns for the aircraft and called for the aircraft to be certified by an internationally recognised certification authority.

It also suspended NZ$5 million in aid to the kingdom.

The aircraft is not certified for use in the European Union or the United states.

The MA60 has been involved in 15 accidents since it was brought in to operation.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, of the 57 MA60s exported by January 2016, at least 26 were in storage after safety concerns, maintenance problems or performance issues and six others had been damaged beyond repair.

Tapueluelu threatens to interrupt anti-PM demonstration; protest organiser “surprised” at former undercover cop’s reaction

By
Kalino Latu
-

Controversial figure Kelekōlio Tapueluelu said he would try to interrupt the demonstrators who are expected to protest against Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa tomorrow in South Auckland.

Tapueluelu, a retired policeman and undercover officer, a staunch supporter of conservative politicians, said he would bring a team of security guards to the United Church of Tonga Taufa’āhau Tupou IV at Grey Street, Māngere where the Tongan community is expected to meet the Prime Minister.

He said in a video posted on Facebook that he had the names of Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (PTOA) activists in New Zealand inluding Sione ‘Eniketi Tāufa, protest organising leader Lihai Lui and others and would pass it to police.

PTOA response

Lui responded in a Facebook video, giving his telephone number and saying he wanted Tapueluelu to contact him  to arrange a meeting face to face.

He said he knew Tapueluelu really well and  was surprised to see his reactions against the PTOA supporters.

He asked Tapueluelu to respect the group and the protests because it would be peaceful.

On Friday the protesters released a statement outlining their cause.

PTOA statement

“We, the Friendly Islands Democratic Party, (Paati Temokalati Otumotu Angaofa) chapter in New Zealand, exercise our rights as members of this democratic society to assemble and peacefully protest the Prime Minister of Tonga’s visit with the Tongan Community in New Zealand,” it said.

“We condemn this Prime Minister, Hon Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, for betraying the trust of the late ‘Akilisi Pohiva and his own voters in his illegitimate usurping of power and forming a government comprised of a membership of questionable character and conduct, a government comprised of a membership directly opposed to the mandate of democracy, a mandate by which he himself was voted in as a member of the previous PTOA government.”

It said they condemned Hon Tu’i’onetoa for halting reforms and the move to have a full democratic government in Tonga.

It said they vehemently denied statements made by Hon Tu’i’onetoa “to the effect that PTOA as an organisation is no longer in existence.”

“We make it known with our presence that PTOA as a political organisation and movement remains robust in both membership and movement.

“We remain defiant in our refusal to be intimidated into silence as others in Tonga have been silenced, despite threats to infringe on our rights, freedoms and personal safety should we set foot in Tonga again.

“We stand united today and always for democracy, for fairness, justice, freedom, equity and accountability in Tonga.

“For these reasons We reject and abhor absolutely the presence of this Prime Minister amongst our Tongan community here today.”

Anti-Democrats protests in 2006

Tapueluelu’s challenge to the PTOA came 13 years after a small group of royal supporters led by a church minister met at Pangai Lahi and protested against a large group of PTOA advocates and supporters who gathered at the Pangai Si’i square across the road from Parliament,  worried that Parliament would rise for the year without adopting the recommendations of a report by the National Committee for Political Reform.

The committee had spent six months talking to Tongans around the world about how they wanted their country to be governed. The report said that while most Tongans still wanted to hold on to the monarchy and the nobility they were united in their desire for democratic reform.

Members of the two groups began exchanging words and a fight ensued. Some analysts including late Prime Minister ‘Alilisi Pōhiva said this was what provoked the riots that saw the Nuku’alofa capital town burnt down and businesses robbed on November 16, 2006.

PM interview

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister declined an exclusive interview request from Kaniva news, saying his visit to New Zealand was organised by somebody else whom he did not identify and he was not available for a press conference. However he offered Kaniva a possibility for an interview in his next visit.

He said he will be interviewed by a woman who he again did not identify, and the record will be aired publicly.

He said there were issues raised by the public on social media which he wanted to clarify in the interview.

For  more information

Democrat supporters warn Tapueluelu after he posts online comments ahead of Monday’s protests against visit by PM Tu‘i‘onetoa

Car crashes into house in Tongatapu

By
Kaniva Staff
-

A car has crashed into a house in the early hours of the morning in Haveluloto.

An eyewitness said emergency services were called to the house at around 3am on Friday. The car which was heading southbound hit a power pole before ploughing into the side of the house.

The witness said the driver of the car had to be cut from the vehicle by firefighters and was rushed to hospital.

His conditions remain unclear.

It was also unclear whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.

No other cars were involved in the incident and police were investigating the cause of the crash.

1...472473474...958Page 473 of 958