Victim of fatal farm vehicle rollover in Hawke’s Bay was a 20-year-old woman

Police have named the young woman who died after a farm vehicle accident in Waipukurau on Saturday.

Samara Windle, 20, from the Ruapehu area, was killed when the 4×4 farm vehicle she was traveling in rolled.

The emergency services were called to the rural farm at 11:30 am on Saturday morning.

Medical assistance was provided but she died at the scene.

Two others in the vehicle also suffered minor injuries.

Police expressed their condolences to Windle’s family and friends. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

Serious Accident Unit and Worksafe NZ have been notified.

Federated Farmers Hawke’s Bay President Jim Galloway said it was a terrible thing to happen, especially earlier in the year.

“It affects more than the family,” he said.

“There are a lot of people who are going to feel the pain of this.

“It is terribly terrible.”

Between October 2019 and September 2020, there were 25 deaths related to the agricultural sector in New Zealand.

On Sunday morning, another person was airlifted to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in serious condition after getting off his quad bike on Pourerere Beach Road at 11.05 a.m.