A serious crash on Taufa’āhau main road today Sunday 11 has shocked churchgoers and passers-by.
An eyewitness told Kaniva News a van veered off the road and crashed into a power pole.
A man and a woman could be seen in a photo purported to show the incident lying motionless outside the van by the roadside.
Bystanders, mostly in church attires, gathered to watch and help.
Halatoa Tāufa, who returned from a church service, took the photo of the incident. He said the man and the woman were from the van.
Police have yet to release a report on the crash.
The crash came after a fatal road accident last Sunday in Fo’ui which claimed a 36-year-old man’s life.
Police suspected alcohol was a factor in that crash.
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