IPCA report states police failed to promptly respond to a hit-and-run in Benneydale, leaving a victim's body overnight.

The IPCA report found that police "failed to respond appropriately" after a man was killed in a hit-and-run in Benneydale, Waitomo District. The victim's body was left on a grass verge overnight, as the officers decided not to go to the crash scene until morning due to the mother's search. The mother had called police after her son, the driver, could not determine whether he hit an animal or a person.

June 11, 2024
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