The accident occurred at a propery on Virtue Cres in Tokerau Beach. Photo / Google Earth
Police have described a New Year's tragedy in which a woman died after a car rolled onto her tent as a ''horrifically unfortunate accident''.
Emergency services were called to Tokerau Beach, on the Far North's Karikari Peninsula, about 7.40am after people staying at a Virtue Cres property discovered a four-wheel-drive
parked at the top of a small rise had rolled downhill overnight.
The vehicle had hit a tent, killing the woman sleeping inside, and then a fence.
The accident occurred sometime after 2am when the people at the property had gone to bed.
Police say the victim was a 43-year-old woman from Whangārei who was visiting the property owners for the New Year holiday. They have yet to release her name.
