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  •   Home > News > National > Upper North Island

    Rotorua Police have collected key details of a motorcyclist - who killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run last week

    Rotorua Police have collected key details of a motorcyclist - who killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run last week


    24-year-old Paige Johnson died after being struck on a crossing on Edmund Road.

    The rider's believed to be male, with a distinctive full-length tattoo on his left leg - and its's thought the motorcycle was a black and gold Kawasaki.

    Police are asking anyone with more information to reach out.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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