A 23-year-old man who crashed into an escaped bull on Wanganui Flat Road on the West Coast late on Friday night died in Christchurch Hospital yesterday.
The dead man is Codey Peter Pink, who recently moved to Hari Hari.
Police said the accident happened about 11.30pm when the vehicle Mr Pink was driving, a Subaru station wagon, struck a cattle beast which had strayed onto the road.
Mr Pink was flown to Grey Base Hospital in the NZCC Rescue Helicopter in a critical condition.
He was later transferred to Christchurch Hospital where he died yesterday afternoon.