High-speed, head-on crash kills two

Two people died and three others were fighting for their lives last night after a high-speed, head-on collision between two vehicles on State Highway 2 at Upper Hutt about 6pm.

The sole occupant of a car - a woman - and a male passenger in a station wagon were killed, said Senior Sergeant Rowan Ingham.

The female driver of the station wagon, a male passenger, 16, and a female passenger all suffered multiple injuries.

The injured male passenger is believed to be from Auckland.

* A 30-year-old man was killed when his car and a truck collided yesterday on State Highway 27, near Kaihere on the Hauraki Plains.