One person is dead after a single car accident on State Highway 5 at Torere, east of Opotiki.
Inspector Karon Klink of the police northern communications centre said the crash happened about 9.30pm last night and the driver, a Tauranga resident, died later in Whakatane Hospital.
A police crash investigation team will examine the scene this morning.
- NZPA
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