One person died after a crash in Cobham Drive in Hamilton early yesterday.
The single-vehicle crash was reported to police at 3.50am. Police said yesterday the vehicle had hit a tree.
St John sent two ambulances and a rapid response unit. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the car, was treated at the scene and taken to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition
Police said the person had since died.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were ongoing, they said.