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6 October 2026

Complaints about dangerous intersection before pregnant woman killed

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Complaints about dangerous intersection before pregnant woman killed

Olawande Braimoh, 36, was four months pregnant when she was hit by a bus at a pedestrian crossing on Tennyson Street in Napier.

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