An elderly man who died when his vehicle hit a bridge in rural Southland yesterday has been named by police.
He was 87-year-old John Duncan Andrews.
Mr Andrews was thought to have been driving from Invercargill to Wyndham when he crashed on Mataura Island-Fortrose Road, south of Edendale, about 4.45pm, Invercargill Sergeant Ian Martin told the Southland Times.
His upside down vehicle was found in a flooded stream by a passing motorist who stopped to investigate debris on the road.
Mr Andrews was the only person in the car and the police serious crash unit was investigating.
- NZPA
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