An elderly woman has died after a crash in Northland.
A 96-year-old Northland woman has died after a crash in the Bay of Islands.
The woman, who was the driver, suffered head injuries and multiple fractures in the accident on Puketona Rd, just east of Puketona quarry, about 5pm on Friday. A passenger in the car escaped injury and no
other vehicles were involved.
It is understood the car left the road and crashed through a wooden fence. The bottom railing lodged in the car's engine while the 4-metre long top railing went through the windscreen.
St John Northland operations manager Tony Devanney said the elderly woman was transported to Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa by ambulance, then flown to Whangarei Hospital by the Northland Electricity rescue helicopter. She died later in hospital.
Ambulances from Paihia and Kerikeri attended the crash, along with police and the Paihia Volunteer Fire Brigade.
