27 Mar 2021

One dead after Wairarapa crash

9:20 am on 27 March 2021

One person has died following a two vehicle crash at Pahiatua, near Palmerston North.

Close up of a St John ambulance on a residential street.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Police said the crash on State Highway 2, near Henderson Road, happened late yesterday afternoon.

A police spokesperson said the crash involved a truck and a four-wheel-drive ute towing a caravan.

A person in the ute died at the scene.