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A man has died after the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree near Ashburton, yesterday.
Sergeant Murray Thatcher of Ashburton police told NZPA the man was the sole occupant of the car which crashed on Company Road, about 2km north of Ashburton at 8.30pm.
The man died at the scene, Mr Thatcher said.
- NZPA
