Taupō fatal crash: Police release names of victims

Inquiries into the crash are ongoing. Photo / NZME

Police have released the names of two people that died following a fatal crash in Taupō on June 11.

They were 20-year-old man Riley John Sutherland, and 21-year-old woman Ashlee Kathleen Ennis, both of Marotiri.

Emergency services were called to the fatal two-vehicle crash on Whangamata Rd, near Kinloch, shortly after 11am that day.

A police media spokesperson said enquiries into the crash are ongoing.

"Police extends its condolences to their loved ones at this difficult time."