sad week for Waihi Beach families

Today was the third day of funerals for Waihi Beach community. Tuesday was the funeral of a local man who died in a crash, returning from a week of work to his home to share the weekend with his family, when a car crossed the middle line and killed him.
Yesterday was the funeral of the driver of one of the cars in the crash, a local teenage boy, with a huge number at his funeral in our Community Hall.
Today was the funeral of a front seat passenger, another local teenage boy. The funeral was at his college and the hall was crowded, with people outside.
Two other passengers, teenage boys are in hospital, severely injured.
What an amazing job Alistair Cochrane (Principal of Waihi College) did and is continuing to do - supporting, organising and consoling.
Apart from the utter tragedy for all their family and friends and our community, it was obvious how close knit Waihi / Waihi Beach community is.
May unconditional love be with all our heart broken families and grieving people.