A man has died and four others are injured after a horror crash on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway overnight.
Officers “became aware of a car on its roof in the citybound lanes” on State Highway 16, around Pt Chevalier, shortly after 11.05pm, a police spokesperson said.
“One person had been ejected from the vehicle and another was trapped inside it, who was found to be deceased.”
Footage from the scene showed officers inspecting an overturned red car.
St John said it responded with four ambulances, two rapid response units, and two managers.
“Our crews assessed and treated four patients. One in a serious condition who was transported to Middlemore Hospital, one in a serious condition, one in a moderate condition, and one in a minor condition who were transported to Auckland City Hospital.”
The serious crash unit attended the scene, and the motorway was reopened around 3.20am. Vehicle traffic and bus services were diverted during the incident.
King’s Birthday road tolls stands at four
A woman died in hospital on Saturday after a single-vehicle crash in Port Waikato on Friday night.
A two-vehicle crash in Northland near Waiomio, south of Kawakawa, killed one person just after midnight on Saturday.
A man died in Waipa, Waikato, after his vehicle rolled into a paddock on Saturday morning at around 7.40am.
The official King’s Birthday holiday road toll period was from 4pm on Friday to 6am on Tuesday.
Last year, three people died on New Zealand roads during the same period.