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Man killed in Waikato motorcycle crash named

By 1News Reporters

May 22, 2024

Police have named a man who died after a single motorcycle crash in Kihikihi earlier this month.

He was 49-year-old Leon James Kennerley from Waipa.

Police were called to the Flat Rd crash scene at 7.45pm on Saturday, May 4.

"Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing," a police spokesperson said.

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