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A man died after plunging into the Mahurangi River at Warkworth.
Bystanders tried to save a man who died in a car that crashed into a river in north Auckland on Saturday afternoon, a witness said.
Tahi Bar and Kitchen owner Gareth Hedges revealed that he saw people jumping into Warkworth’s Mahurangi River as they attempted to free the driver from inside the submerged car after it crashed into a playground and plunged into the water nearby. from the intersection of Baxter St and Queens St.
“People jumped into the water to get the driver out, but they couldn’t get to him because the car was on its side with the driver’s side stuck in the mud,” Hedges recalled.
Hedges said he did not see the car sink into the river, but heard it “screaming down the road” where it “launched itself” over the roundabout, through a playground and into the water.
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“We just crossed it to the other side of the road,” he said. “It was a scene of chaos.”
Hedges said it was amazing that no bystander was injured when the accident occurred.
“There were kids on the playground and parents who saw the car coming and pulled their kids off the road,” he said.
Police were called to the scene shortly after 5 p.m., but when they managed to get into the car, they found the sole occupant deceased, police said.
The Serious Accident Unit has been alerted and investigations are under way into the circumstances of the accident.
