Three die on roads

Three people were killed in a series of crashes on roads in the upper North Island yesterday.

A 41-year-old truck driver was killed when he was thrown from his truck in Kumeu about 12.30pm.

The accident followed a fatal crash south of Hastings about 6.30am on State Highway 2. Denis Lunn, 56, died after his car veered into the path of an oncoming light truck.

Three hours later a man died when his car and another vehicle collided near Tirau on State Highway 5.