Weekend road toll three

Two people died in a three-vehicle crash near Mokau on State Highway 3 about 90km north of New Plymouth late yesterday.

One injured person was taken to hospital in New Plymouth after the crash at dusk on the highway outside the Seaview Holiday Park. The coastal road was blocked for three hours.

The double fatality took the weekend road toll to three.

One person died after a car crashed into a tree in Mt Wellington, Auckland, about 2.40am yesterday.

The crash critically hurt another person and a third was left with moderate injuries.

- NZPA