New Zealand

Two dead after overnight vehicle accidents

09:46 am on 11 September 2021

One person has died after a motorbike crash in the Coromandel last night.

Photo: 123RF

Emergency services were alerted to a motorbike that left Tapu Coroglen Road, Tapu, at around 9pm.

The rider was located deceased at the scene, police said in a statement.

In another incident, a person died after being struck by a car in Matamata Friday night.

Police were notified at 9.35pm that a car had hit a pedestrian on Waharoa Road East.

The pedestrian was critically injured and died at the scene, police said.

Enquiries into the incidents are continuing, police said.