One dead after car plunges off bridge
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Save Emergency services rushed to the scene of the fatal crash. File photo
A driver has died after their car plummeted off a bridge in the Coromandel before 10pm last night.
Police said emergency services rushed to the scene of the fatal crash on Purangi Rd, Whenuakite, in the Thames-Coromandel district about 9.46pm.
A car was seen driving off a one-way bridge on
Purangi Rd.
It was completely submerged, police said.
The vehicle was partially towed from the water with the help of a diver and it was established the driver was still in the car.