One person has died and another was seriously injured after a car crashed into a river in the Bay of Plenty yesterday.
Emergency services responded after the vehicle crashed into a river on White Pine Bush Rd near Tāneatua just after 6pm.
“One person died at the scene, and a second person was seriously injured,” a police spokesperson said.
The road was closed overnight, and has since re-opened.
Inquiries to determine the circumstances of the crash were ongoing.
One person was also critically injured in a separate crash in Auckland’s Māngere overnight.
The two-vehicle crash, involving a car and a truck, was reported on northbound lanes of the southwestern motorway by the Coronation Rd off-ramp around 4am.
“The driver of the car was extracted from the vehicle and taken to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition,” police said.
Two northbound lanes of the motorway were closed for a period while the serious crash unit conducted a scene examination.
Inquiries into the crash remained ongoing.
