Blenheim widow learns of husband’s death; then is shocked to see her own name listed as the victim

A devastating error by New Zealand police compounded the grief of Lorena Vargas after they mistakenly identified her, instead of her husband, Andres Bonifacio Hernan Vergara Oportot, as the victim of a fatal car crash. The incorrect release of information caused immense distress, as Vargas worried about her family seeing the false news and the potential impact on her children.