One dead, another injured as car hits power pole

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One man is dead and another is in hospital after a vehicle collided with a power pole near Martinborough, south Wairapapa.

Emergency services were called to the accident on Kahutara Road at 3.09am.

Police said the crash appeared to only involve one vehicle. One occupant is dead while a second man has been helicoptered to hospital.

Police remain at the scene.

- nzherald.co.nz