Patricia McKay, 68, was fatally struck by a fleeing car outside a California mall yesterday during a botched armed robbery. She was visiting Newport Beach with her husband when they were accosted by two men at the upmarket Fashion Island mall. McKay is the wife of prominent Kiwi businessman Doug McKay, who was the inaugural CEO of the amalgamated Auckland Council.
The New Zealand woman killed in America by armed attackers at a shopping mall was the wife of prominent Auckland businessman Doug McKay. Patricia (Trish) McKay, 68, was visiting Newport Beach, California, with her husband when the pair were accosted by two men at the upmarket Fashion Island mall. She died at the scene after being run over , while her husband escaped uninjured.
The McKay family has released a statement, saying “no words can express our sadness as we try to come to terms with the loss of our mother, wife, and friend Patricia”..