Police release name of Lake Rotomā crash victim

Lake Rotomā. Photo / NZME

Police have named the person who died in a single-vehicle crash at Lake Rotomā last week.

He was Antony Byrne Ansell, 77, of Lake Rotomā.

Police were called about 3pm on October 25 after a car left the road and went into the lake.

Waiohau woman Erin Kinney has shared the lengths taken by her and others to try and save Ansell after the crash.

The full story can be read here.

Police say inquiries into the incident were ongoing.