She was 20-year-old Samara Windle from the Ruapehu area.

Two others in the vehicle sustained minor injuries.

Windle's family and friends have requested privacy.

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06 Jul: A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a baby found with critical injuries at a Foxton Beach House

05 Jul: A new 12.7 million dollar investment in two new CT scanners, is expected to improve diagnostic services across Palmerston North

04 Jul: A pedestrian's died after being hit by a car near the Manawatu town of Feilding

02 Jul: Police have charged 12 more people - over a large dangerous boy racer meet in Levin, over King's Birthday weekend

01 Jul: A scene guard's at a Foxton Beach home where a six-month-old baby was found critically injured on Sunday morning

29 Jun: A person has died in a serious single vehicle crash in Central Hawkes Bay's Waipukurau

27 Jun: A 27-year-old woman's charged with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a courier van on Napier's Station Street this morning

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