Teenager Brooklyn Horan and 35-year-old
Tyson Jemmett were the two people who tragically died. When Horan and Jemmet’s
car crashed into a river at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint in Paparoa, they were racing,
According to a police investigator, the car went off
the gravel road and into a flooded river. First responders pronounced both of them
dead at the scene. MotorSport New Zealand made it official that Horan was behind the
wheel of the car when it crashed. New Zealanders can’t get a driver’s license until
they are 16 years old, but younger drivers can compete in some situations.
