One dead, two others seriously injured in Auckland crash

10:24 am on 11 June 2023
A police car

File image. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

One person has died and another two are in hospital with serious injuries after a crash in northwest Auckland's Riverhead.

Police said emergency services were sent to the scene of the single-vehicle crash on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway around 11pm on Saturday.

"One person died at the scene and two other people were transported to hospital with serious and critical injuries," a statement said.

Police said the Serious Crash Unit had been at the scene and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash continues.