A 68-year-old man was killed when his car left the road and crashed into a tree after clipping another vehicle on Waimarama Rd this afternoon.
The crash happened about 4.30pm on a Waimarama Rd bend about 1.8km east of the Craggy Range Winery, and 4.2km east of the intersection with Te Mata Rd, Havelock North.
It was a miraculous escape for the other driver whose vehicle appeared to have been clipped as it passed between the tree and the other vehicle which was coming out of the bend. He veered off the road, missing other trees before coming to a stop. Unhurt, he was able to drive from the scene soon after police arrived.
His two women passengers, aged 65 and 29, suffered serious injuries and have been taken to Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital.