Name Release: Fatal Crash, New Plymouth

Monday, 12 May 2025, 12:10 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police are now in a position to release the name of the person who died following a crash in New Plymouth on 12 April.

He was 73-year-old Dennis Norman Berridge, of Westown, New Plymouth.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.

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