Fatal crash victim named

New Plymouth police have named a 21-year-old man who died when the car he was driving ploughed into a concrete wall. File photo / NZ Herald

A 21-year-old man who died when the car he was driving ploughed into a concrete wall early yesterday has been named.

He was Jordan Levi Newbold, of New Plymouth.

He lost control of his car, which hit a concrete wall in Frankley Road, in the New Plymouth suburb of Ferndale, about 1am yesterday.

"It's likely that speed was a contributing factor to this tragedy," Senior Sergeant Allan Whaley said.

He was the first of three people to die on New Zealand's roads at the weekend.

Yesterday, a middle-aged Christchurch woman died when her car left Main South Road at Islington, just south of Christchurch, about 3.15pm, police said.

Her car collided with a fence before hitting a small shed, which caught fire.

Last night, one person died and another woman in her 20s suffered serious injuries to her torso and head when a car went through a fence into a paddock and rolled.

The accident happened on Birchs Road, south of Prebbleton shortly before 8.30pm.

- NZPA