New Zealand

Person dies after car crashes into streetlight in Rotorua

21:36 pm on 4 October 2021

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

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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.