12:38 pm today

US tourist killed in crash on Waikato highway

12:38 pm today
Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.  Police Emergency tape.

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

A woman killed in a two-crash crash on a Waikato highway has been named as an American tourist.

Marcia Diana Shattuck, 58, had been visiting New Zealand for a holiday, when she was died on 19 December, police said.

The two-car crash on State Highway 25 at Orongo also seriously hurt two other people.

"Police extend our sympathies to her family and loved ones," a statement said.