Woman dies in Southland crash

An elderly woman has died after a crash on the Owaka Highway yesterday afternoon. File photo / NZ Herald

A woman has died in a road smash in Southland. It happened just before 4pm yesterday afternoon on the Owaka Highway, about a kilometre south of Romahapa.

Police say an 83-year-old woman from Owaka crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a northbound vehicle being driven by a 16 year-old.

The woman died at the scene.

The teenager received chest and facial injuries and is currently in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital.

- NEWSTALK ZB