Failing to wear seatbelts has cost another two people their lives, according to Northland police and firefighters called out to a horror crash.
One man died at the scene of the crash, on State Highway 1 north of Ohaeawai about 10.20pm on Friday, while a second died later in hospital.
Both were thrown from a twin-cab ute when it rolled after a collision with another ute at the junction with Bulman Rd.
![The impact rolled one of the two utes involved and ejected two passengers, one of whom died at the scene, the other later in Auckland Hospital. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I2X3NGWQTLJAUGB3DR66UW4KNA.jpg?auth=712af00ec535166ccb4cf552dfc9b9ffa04761a47a1416c1eb9f2288f54157c3&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
They were Colin Risetto-Blade, 28, who had just returned to Auckland about 10 days earlier after living in Australia, and Zion Harris-Davis, 23, from Auckland but with family links to Kaeo.