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Police believe alcohol was a factor in both crashes. Mackintosh said the bodies of two of those who died in yesterday'scrash were in a paddock, and two in the car. Huata and Perata were "great, happy-go-lucky buggers" ... They'dnever do you any harm, those ones." Both were employed as general hands at Moeangiangi Station, wherethey had worked for more than 10 years, and both came from nearbyRaupunga. The other men were from Waihua, near Mohaka. "I got there, and saw there was nothing we could do. So I searchedthe gullies just in case there was someone else, who might havebeen thrown out or crawled away." The vehicle was a wreck. "One of the cops thought we must have cutthe roof off. But we hadn't." Mackintosh had attended many fatal crashes in more than 15 years asa volunteer firefighter, including the crash near Wairoa in Januarythat killed the four shearers. Yesterday's was one of the worst hehad seen. Police told The Dominion Post yesterday that the men had beendrinking at a local pub on Saturday night before the crash. They could not say if they had been wearing seatbelts. Torr, a local dairy farmer, said she had stopped after seeingheadlights shining from a paddock while she drove to work. She stumbled across the bodies of two men - men she recognised andspoke to four or five times a week. "The car lights were still on. I saw a couple of bodies and at thatstage I thought I don't need to look any further." The men were lying face down. "I went up to them but didn't touchthem because I knew they were dead." Senior Sergeant Sarah Stewart said the men were aged 42, 47, 48 and64. Their names are expected to be released today. Hopes of mirroring the Easter Weekend record road toll of zero wereshattered yesterday as the holiday road toll rose to seven. Also in Hawke's Bay, near Otane, a 67-year-old woman pedestriandied after being hit by a car just before 6pm on Saturday. A young man died in a fatal collision just south of Stratford inTaranaki at 9.20pm on Saturday. In Lincoln, a man died after being struck by a car yesterday. The Queen's Birthday toll period ends early tomorrow. Email this article Print this article Text size + - more... Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Latest NZ News Video Good Sort: Ruth de Reus (2:24) Overnight carers angry over claim cut off (2:12) Destiny Church plans to buy more land (1:52). I am an expert from bi-metal-thermostat.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Bi-metal Thermostat , China Temperature Controlled Switch, Bi-metal Thermostat,and more.
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