Teenager Brooklyn Horan and 35-year-old Tyson Jemmett were the two people who tragically passed away.

When Horan and Jemmet’s car crashed into a river at the

Arcadia Road Rallysprint in Paparoa, they were racing..

According to a police investigator,

the car went off the gravel road and into a flooded river.

First responders pronounced both of them dead at the scene.

“The event took place on Arcadia Road in Paparoa

which was closed to the public for the duration

of the event under the authority of the local Road Controlling Authority,”

a statement from MotorSport said.“

It is too early in the investigatio

n to comment on what the main contributing factors to the crash were,

however, it does not seem as though the road was in a detrimental or unsafe condition.”

“Our thoughts are with the families and

friends of these two competitors and everyone involved with the Arcadia Road Rallysprint,

” said Wayne Christie, president of Motorsport New Zealand. Read more below