22 Jul 2015

Ambulance crash victim named

1:00 pm on 22 July 2015

Police have named the 66-year-old patient who died after an ambulance crashed in Northland.

He was Sonny Rawhiti Kemp, from Kaeo.

The ambulance hit a power pole near Moerewa yesterday morning.

A paramedic remains in a satisfactory condition in Whangärei Hospital.

Police said they were continuing to investigate the crash and St John is carrying out a standard internal review.