4 Oct 2021

Person dies after car crashes into streetlight in Rotorua

9:36 pm on 4 October 2021

A person has died following a car crash in Rotorua on Saturday night.

Police car on the street at night

Photo: 123RF

The person sustained critical injuries after the car they were in struck a streetlight on Te Ngae Road shortly after 11pm on Saturday.

Police said they sustained critical injuries and were taken to hospital, where they have since died.

Three others sustained moderate to minor injuries.