Fatal crash victim named

Felix Lai
Felix Lai
A driver killed in a crash between a car and a bus near Kingston has been named.

Felix Chee Lai (23), of  Boston, in the  United States, died in Dunedin Hospital last Tuesday, following the November 1 crash.

Police confirmed his name yesterday. His friend and passenger Spencer Dow, also 23 and also from Boston, died at the scene.

Inquiries into the cause of the State Highway 6 crash are ongoing.

The Otago Daily Times understands the car was passing a truck when the collision occurred.

It was the second fatal crash involving a car and tourist bus in the area in just over two weeks.

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