Two Indian nationals have been reportedly killed in fatal road accidents in last ten days of September in New Zealand.
PAVIN PRAMOTH WAS ‘CHEERFUL AND ADVENTUROUS’
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On September 24th, 25-year-old Pavin Pramoth, a resident of Auckland died on spot when his car hit a power pole.
Pramoth’s friend Arun Thangarasu told the that his friend was on a business trip to New Plymouth when this accident happened at Ketemarae Road, Hawera in South Taranaki at 4:15 p.m.
Pramoth worked for electronic sales company and was travelling for business on the said. Pavin’s car crossed the mid-line and crashed on the right side of the road hitting the pole that tilted on his car.
According to a witness, the driver door bashed into his body without causing much harm but Pramoth succumbed to serious injury on the forehead.
“He was supposed to meet me for dinner, he was not answering his call so I thought he [might] have been tired from his journey [and] gone to his motel to rest. I got a call from the police at 10:45 p.m. to come and identify the body. I then informed his parents in Tamil Nadu, India,” Arun told Indianweekender.
“He was a cheerful and an adventurous guy and was supposed to travel to India for the first time since he arrived in New Zealand in April 2013,” said his friend from India in Auckland, Santosh Parameshwaran.
JASPREET SINGH SPAL HAD COME TO NZ TO STUDY
21-year-old Indian national Jaspreet Singh Spal died in a road accident in New Zealand on September 25th.
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Singh was sitting in co-driver’s seat while travelling to Wellington alongwith two other friends when their car met with an accident.
NZHerald reported it was a single vehicle crash that happened just before 5.45am about half a kilometre south of Springs Hill on State Highway 1, south of Waiouru.
Jaspreet and his friends, injured in this crash were taken to hospital where Jaspreet died of serious head injury. His two friends who survived the accident are still undergoing treatment.
“We are deeply saddened and shocked by the news. He was an intelligent and a very cheerful guy,” said Jaspreet’s cousin, Jasdeep Singh who lives in Papatoetoe to .
Jaspreet’s body will be sent to India for his last rites. This is being arranged by the Sikh community in South Auckland.
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