Grave Mistake

If you're going to take a walk in the dark after your son's funeral, you should put on some lighter colored clothes. Or at the very least, be sensible enough adorn your mourning dress with reflective tape.

A NEW Zealand expat living in WA was killed in an accident in her home country just hours after her son's funeral.

A car hit the 58-year-old, who lived in Perth, as she walked along a highway on the outskirts of Hamilton just after 9pm last night.

She had gone for a walk after the funeral.

It’s believed the fatal smash happened near where the woman was staying and family rushed to her side.

Hamilton police Sen-Sgt Gill Meadows said the accident was a "really sad set of circumstances".

"She was out walking across the road and in dark clothing. She had left the address to go for a walk, for a breather," Sen-Sgt Gill Meadows told the Waikato Times.

[Perth Now]