{"id":586777,"date":"2026-09-01T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/586777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:08:12","slug":"woman-killed-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-in-manurewa-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/586777\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed in stolen vehicle crash in Manurewa named"},"content":{"rendered":"

The woman who died after a stolen vehicle collided head-on<\/a> with another vehicle in Auckland’s Manurewa last week has been named by police. <\/p>\n

She was Monique Marie Jennifer Lay, 27, of \u014ctara.<\/p>\n

Lay died at the scene of the crash on Alfriston Rd, Manurewa on the evening of August 27. <\/p>\n

Police said the incident began following reports of an aggravated robbery on Greenmeadows Ave, where a person at the property was allegedly threatened with a crowbar and a vehicle was taken. <\/p>\n

The driver of the stolen car was killed while the other motorist was left with moderate injuries. (Source: Checkpoint Watch Auckland\/1News) (Source: Other)<\/p>\n

Superintendent Shanan Gray previously said officers approaching the area saw a vehicle being driven in the middle of the road without its headlights on. <\/p>\n

“Inquiries later confirmed the vehicle was the one stolen from Greenmeadows Ave,” Gray said. <\/p>\n

“Police signalled for the vehicle to stop. However, it failed to do so and took off at speed.” <\/p>\n

At around 9.42pm, the vehicle travelled onto Alfriston Rd and collided head-on with a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police investigate fatal crash in Manurewa (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

“Officers immediately rendered first aid. However, the driver and sole occupant of the stolen vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene,” Gray said at the time. <\/p>\n

The occupant of the other vehicle was taken to hospital with moderate injuries. <\/p>\n

Gray today said police extended its condolences to Lay’s loved ones “during this difficult time”. <\/p>\n

“The critical incident investigation remains ongoing, and police are continuing to establish the full circumstances around what unfolded that evening,” he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The woman who died after a stolen vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in Auckland’s Manurewa last week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-586777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586777","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=586777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}