Fatal Crash SH3

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a fatal car v car crash on SH3 north of Awakino at approximately 1:30pm. Two sole occupant vehicles travelling in opposite directions collided on a bend in the gorge. The driver of one vehicle died at the scene. The other, a 62yr old New Plymouth man, was stabilised at the scene by St John Paramedics before being flown to Taranaki Base Hospital with serious chest and abdominal injuries.