New Zealand / Regional

Name released of man killed in Wanaka

19:54 pm on 14 September 2014

Police have released the name of a Dutch national killed in Wanaka after he was run over by a taxi.

He was Coen van Rosmalen, who was 24, and was living in Wanaka.

Police said Mr Rosmalen was lying on Beacons Point Road when he was struck at about 3.30am this morning.

He died later at the Wanaka Medical Centre.