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Tuesday 15 November 2022
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The two latest road fatalities in Tongatapu and ‘Eua have been named by Tonga Police.
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Friday 23 September 2022

Nuku'alofa,
Tonga Police allege that alcohol was involved in the road accident where two people died in the early morning of 21 September on Taufa’ahau Road at Nualei. The deceased were the driver, a 28-year-old man from Veitongo, and a passenger a 19-year-old woman from Pātangata. Three people remain in hospital with serious injuries.
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Tuesday 30 August 2022

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three road fatalities were reported over the weekend, one on Tongatapu, where a child beside the road was hit by a swerving vehicle; and two young men died in a collision in Neiafu, Vava'u. Another person sustained severe injuries.
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Thursday 12 July 2018
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Molisoni Moeakiola (49) and Tevita Filikitonga (38) have been named as the men who died in a fatal road crash in Holonga on July 9.
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Tuesday 10 July 2018

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men died on Monday night, July 9 in a car crash at Holonga, Tongatapu. The fatal accident brings this year's road toll to 17 deaths - a big increase from the six recorded deaths on Tongan roads in 2017.
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Wednesday 28 February 2018
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Siaki Guttenbeil (22) and Mickey Lomu (19) both from Neiafu were named as the two men who died in a fatal crash on a road in Leimatu’a, Vava’u on February 27.
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Tuesday 27 February 2018
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men have died in a fatal crash on a road in Leimatu’a, Vava’u, this morning, February 27.
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Monday 26 February 2018

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men died from a car crash at Ha'ateiho on Saturday night, February 24, while one woman remains in critical condition at Vaiola Hospital.
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Sunday 17 December 2017

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five road deaths recorded this year is the lowest number of fatalities in over a decade. Between January and November this year, Tonga Police recorded 262 car crashes with five road fatalities - a significant drop from 18 road deaths recorded last year. Car crashes are most commonly attributed to drivers losing control, speeding, drink driving, and failing to give way or stop, police stated in urging drivers to make smart decisions on the road this summer.
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Thursday 11 May 2017

New York, USA
Each year, more than 1.25 million people – many of them young people – die in automobile accidents. And whether or not a car is exceeding posted speed limits often is the difference between life and death. The fourth annual United Nations Global Road Safety Week, May 8-14, provides a chance to draw more attention to Improving road safety..
Friday 16 December 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With 16 road deaths recorded in Tonga so far this year, a Road Safety Campaign was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala on 13 December aimed to reduce road accidents and deaths.
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Monday 19 September 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 36-year-old man died when the Pajero vehicle he was driving crashed into a container that was on the roadside on By-Pass Road at Pahu early Sunday morning, September 18.
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Friday 12 August 2016

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The bodies of four Tongan seasonal workers who were killed in a horrific car crash near Tauranga in New Zealand earlier this month arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport this morning, Friday August 12.
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Wednesday 3 August 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five Tongan workers including a father and son have been killed in a horrific car crash near Tauranga in New Zealand last night. New Zealand Police said that at about 8:10pm on August 2 a northbound vehicle pulled out of a side road onto State Highway 2 near Katikai and was struck by a southbound logging truck and trailer. The victims have been named as Halani Fine, Koli Vaipulu, Sitiveni Vaipulu, Sione Teulaka, and Samuela Taukatelata.
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Monday 18 July 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A driver and two passengers, including a 14-year-old boy, died when the rental car they were in crashed into a coconut tree at Kolonga early this morning, Monday 18 July. A fourth passenger survived and is in critical condition.
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Saturday 2 July 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An off-duty police officer and two passengers died when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree at 'Ahau early this morning. Another passenger, the wife of the police officer, suffered serious injuries, Tonga Police reported.
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Monday 11 May 2015
Auckland, New Zealand
A 71-year-old mother Tevunga Vaea, her daughter and daughter-in-law died in a tragic car crash on Saturday night 9 May, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
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Monday 4 August 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men in their 20’s have died after crashing their vehicles in separate road accidents in Ma'ufanga and Vaini last week.
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Friday 1 November 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Kiribati national died on October 28 after the car he was a passenger in allegedly crashed into an electric pole at Kolonga on eastern Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury today convicted a suspended Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Justice on the count of causing the death of a woman while driving under the influence of alcohol at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. He was released on bail for sentencing on November 1.
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