WELLINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed after a vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a building in Takanini, south of Auckland, New Zealand, police said on Monday.
Emergency services were called to Great South Road at 10:15 p.m. local time on Sunday after the vehicle left the road and struck a building, police said in a statement.
All three occupants of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. No one inside the building was injured, the statement said, adding that an investigation into the circumstances of the crash was ongoing.
The vehicle, believed to have been traveling at more than 150 km/h, tore through a restaurant, Radio New Zealand reported. ■