21 Mar 2025

Wen-Yang Liu from Taiwan named as person killed in Lewis Pass crash

12:00 pm on 21 March 2025
Road winding through a snow covered Lewis Pass, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Lewis Pass Road. Photo: 123RF

The person who died in a crash on Lewis Pass Road has been named as 24-year-old Wen-Yang Liu.

Liu, from Taiwan, died after the on State Highway 7 - which links Canterbury and the West Coast - shortly before 10pm on 9 February.

There was only one vehicle involved in the crash.

Police said they continued to offer support to his family.

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