Man dies when car hits truck

A Mangatawhiri man in his 60s was killed yesterday afternoon when the car he was driving collided with a truck on State Highway 2.

Police said it appeared the man was overtaking a truck at Mangatawhiri, in the north Waikato, when his vehicle hit another truck head-on.

The 2pm crash closed SH2 until about 5.30pm with traffic diverted through Mercer. No further details were available early this morning.

- NZPA