A person has been killed in a crash between a ute and a car in the Tasman District, taking the holiday road toll to 10. Emergency services were at the scene on Appleby Highway (State Highway 60) tonight. The accident happened on the highway between Bartlett Rd and Blackbyre Rd, just after 9pm. Meanwhile, a man has died from his injuries in a car crash in Whangarei earlier today. The man was initially taken to hospital in a critical condition following the single-vehicle crash on Keyte St, in Kensington, shortly before 10.30am.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 31, 2017 09:56 UTC