Police today continued the search for a mystery vehicle believed to have caused a crash that left a Lincoln University lecturer dead on Friday.
Lynette Boddington, 50, died after her red Daihatsu collided with a minivan carrying seven children on State Highway 1 at Belfast, 11km north of Christchurch, at 2.20pm.
The children, aged between 10 and 12, were taken to Christchurch Hospital with minor injuries. Police said they were looking for the male driver of a charcoal or dark coloured station wagon that was crossing the intersection at the time of the incident.
Constable Pamela Cox of New Brighton police said that vehicle arrived at the intersection from Chaneys on the Eastern section of Main North Road.
She said police were still interviewing witnesses and planned to watch footage of an NZ Transport Agency camera, which monitors the intersection.
