Takanini BurgerFuel crash: Three victims killed in South Auckland named
Three members of a Punjabi family were killed in a car crash into a BurgerFuel restaurant in South Auckland. The victims were returning from Diwali celebrations when the accident occurred.
Why it matters
The tragedy has deeply affected the local community, prompting an outpouring of support and plans to repatriate the victims to India.
Newlyweds Sukhdeep Singh and Sukhvir Kaur and their brother-in-law Gurpreet Singh have been named as the three members of a Punjabi family killed in the Takanini BurgerFuel crash.
Sukhdeep Singh, 33, had lived in New Zealand for more than seven years and ran an NZ Post courier operation, the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand said this evening.
His wife, Sukhvir Kaur, 29, had arrived in the country about six months ago, Supreme Sikh Society and Central Sikh Association president Daljit Singh previously told the Herald .
Their brother-in-law, Gurpreet Singh, 38, had lived in New Zealand for three years and drove an NZ Post courier van, the society said.
The family had been returning home from Diwali celebrations at a gurdwara, a Sikh place of worship and assembly, in Manurewa when the car they were travelling in crashed into the BurgerFuel restaurant about 10.15pm on Sunday.
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