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Fatal crash: Driver dies after crashing off road into tree

Kristin Edge
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5 Apr, 2020 10:12 PMQuick Read

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Serious crash investigator Senior Constable Warren Bunn at the fatal crash on Brooks Rd. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Serious crash investigator Senior Constable Warren Bunn at the fatal crash on Brooks Rd. Photo / Michael Cunningham

A person has died in Northland after a vehicle crashed off the road into a tree.

A police spokesperson said emergency services were notified of a serious crash in Waipu on Brooks Rd about 8.40am today.Police said the driver, and sole occupant in the vehicle died at the scene.

There were no other vehicles involved. A serious crash invstigator was at the scene.

It brings Northland's road toll to 11 for the year to date.

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