One dead in fatal Christchurch crash overnight

Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

One person has died after a serious single-vehicle crash on Ruru Rd, Bromley, overnight.

Police were called to the scene around 12.10am.

The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.

A witness posted in the Bromley Residents community Facebook group around midnight and said a car had driven straight through the Ruru Rd and Hay St intersection, into a house.

Another commented that the same car had hit other vehicles before the fatal crash.

Police to the Herald no one else was harmed.

Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.