Mosgiel couple identified following fatal highway crash
Thursday 8 October 2026 · 4 outlets · 4 reports · updated 
Police have named Elisabeth May Cunningham, 87, and Allan Hugh Lyall, 88, who died following a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1. The accident occurred near O'Neills Road on September 14. Cunningham died at the scene, while Lyall passed away in hospital three days later.
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Police have named the Mosgiel residents who died following a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1. The victims were 87-year-old Elisabeth May Cunningham and 88-year-old Allan Hugh Lyall.
The crash occurred near the intersection of SH1 and O’Neills Road, south of Makikihi, at approximately 2.20pm on Monday, 14 September. Cunningham died at the scene of the accident. Lyall was taken to Timaru Hospital with critical injuries and died three days later on 17 September.
Compiled from reports by Otago Daily Times, NZ Herald, The Press and Stuff.