Man killed attempting u-turn
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Two people have died on New Zealand roads this weekend.
This morning a 78-year-old Hauraki man died at the scene of a crash close to Paeroa.
The driver of the ute was the only other person involved and was unhurt.
Police said the man attempted to do a U-turn in the path of a northbound ute close to the intersection of Rangiora Road, Komata, on State Highway 26.
The dead man was driving west and hit an oncoming car, Sergeant Steve Salton said.
About 1am yesterday (Saturday) a 22-year-old man died at the scene of a two-car collision on Auckland’s Upper Harbour motorway, close to the Greenhithe Bridge.
On Friday morning two teenage girls were killed in a car crash in Whangarei.
He suspected speed to be a factor in the crash.10am.
The pair, who were aged 17 and 18, were killed when the car they were in rolled down a bank on Anzac Rd and into the front yard of a property in suburban Morningside just after 1.
The two were in the back seat of the car and not wearing seatbelts, Northland police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said.
Police said they were locals.
They received minor injuries and did not need hospital treatment.
There were three other women, aged 16 to 19, in the car.
Ms Kennett said the car lost control on a bend and no other vehicles were involved.
The driver was breath-tested at the scene and was found not to have been under the influence of alcohol.
Also on Friday, a woman died after her car and a truck collided close to Dargaville, 58km south west of Whangarei.
She said the road would have been wet as it rained in Whangarei yesterday and overnight.
The woman driver of the car died at the scene. . The three deaths on the road on Friday fell outside of the weekend reporting period.
* The weekend road death toll was earlier incorrectly reported as five.
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