Two people are dead after a series of accidents early this morning - including one where a car ended up in a river near Masterton. One person died when the car drove off Paierau Road and ploughed into the Waipoua River at around four this morning. Another person is believed to have died in the Bay of Plenty when a car rolled on State Highway 2, near Pukehina shortly before eight this morning. In Canterbury a man had a run in with a fence and had to be freed from the wreckage at around 7:30 this morning. Firefighters were called to help extract the other two occupants who were trapped in the car.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2016 14:51 UTC