Driver dies after crash with truck

Emergency service personnel work at the scene. Photo / Sarah Ivey

One person died and another was seriously injured in a crash involving two cars and a truck in the Waikato yesterday.

The collision happened when a car clipped a truck then collided with another car on State Highway 1, between Race Course Rd and Discombe Rd in Cambridge. The driver of the car died but the truck driver was unhurt.

The crash took the Waikato District's 2009 road toll to 28, compared with 29 for the same period last year.