Elderly man dies in crash

A 73-year-old man is dead after two small trucks crashed head-on near Rotorua yesterday afternoon.

Sergeant Tony Bennett said the dead man was driving a truck towards Rotorua, on Te Ngae Road, which hit a small truck waiting to turn into Wharenui Road. The second truck was stationary.

Both drivers and a female passenger were taken to Rotorua hospital but the elderly man died soon after arrival.

- NZPA