Driver's body found after three days

A woman who was found dead in a car in a rural Taranaki waterway this morning may have been there for three days.

The car was found this morning in a river or stream west of Eltham, off the Eltham-Kaponga road, which runs south of Mt Taranaki, this morning.

It is understood that the woman had been missing for three days

Police would only say they were dealing with a "very serious single vehicle crash".

- NZPA