A 74-year-old man died after a crash between a tow truck and a 4WD on a one-lane bridge in the Far North.
The man, who lived locally, had been driving the vehicle with a trailer attached on Roma Rd around 9.50pm on Thursday when the collision occurred.
Senior Constable Jeff Cramp of the Serious Crash Unit said the truck was heading toward Ahipara and a small 4WD vehicle was travelling away from Ahipara when they collided head-on.
The driver of the 4WD would have been obliged to give way at the one-way bridge.
“We’re just looking into why, to try to find out how it came about,” Cramp said.