{"id":488282,"date":"2026-06-21T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488282\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:20:09","slug":"man-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-near-tokoroa-named-as-benjamin-eric-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488282\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in single-vehicle crash near Tokoroa named as Benjamin Eric Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Russell was described as the much-loved son of Sheree and Sefton, cherished grandson of Heather and Jenny, beloved brother of Kim, Sammy and Tim, and a treasured uncle and devoted father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBen will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Benjamin Eric Russell, 29, has been remembered by his family as a devoted father and much-loved son. Photo \/ Facebook\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Benjamin Eric Russell, 29, has been remembered by his family as a devoted father and much-loved son. Photo \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Those who wish to spend time with Russell can do so from Sunday by appointment through Cambridge Grinter\u2019s Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">A service to celebrate his life will be held at Raleigh Street Christian Centre in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 24, at 1pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell was described as the much-loved son of Sheree and Sefton, cherished grandson of Heather and Jenny, beloved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90705,806,14645,48469,3549,72600,46351,2109,2209,305,78,3375,5158,1329,10136,3180,111,43,139,69,10142,11763,78117,165,17160,9091,20838,1337],"class_list":["post-488282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-29yearold","tag-as","tag-beloved","tag-benjamin","tag-crash","tag-devoted","tag-eric","tag-family","tag-father","tag-have","tag-in","tag-killed","tag-man","tag-member","tag-named","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paid","tag-russell","tag-singlevehicle","tag-their","tag-tokoroa","tag-treasured","tag-tribute","tag-victim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}