The vehicle left Burma Road and rolled over a cliff and steep farmland to stop about hundreds of metres from the road. Photo / Warren Buckland
Two men have died in a car crash on a rural road near the small settlement of Te Hauke, south of Hastings.
A farm worker came across a crashed vehicle on a farm property on Burma Rd, off SH2 near Te Hauke, and police were alerted around 11.45am today.
Emergency
services arrived to find the male driver dead in the vehicle.
The front seat passenger had been thrown from the vehicle and was found dead some metres from the car.
Police believe the crash occurred some time last night. No other vehicles were involved.
