Man dies after car plunges into Waikato River

Name: Man dies after car plunges into Waikato River
Uploaded: 2015-09-25T07:06:58+12:00
Duration: 51 s
Description: A man is dead after he failed to take a corner and crashed his car off a bridge into the Waikato River. Police were called to the scene on Tuakau Bridge, just west of Klondyke Rd in Port Waikato at about 10.15pm last night. The driver was the only occupant in the car and died at the scene. The Counties Manukau Serious Crash was investigating.

Herald online

24 Sep, 2015 06:51 PMQuick Read

A man is dead after he failed to take a corner and crashed his car off a bridge into the Waikato River. Police were called to the scene on Tuakau Bridge, just west of Klondyke Rd in Port Waikato at about 10.15pm last night. The driver was the only occupant in the car and died at the scene. The Counties Manukau Serious Crash was investigating.

One man has died in a car crash on a rural road last night.

Police said the crash, involving one vehicle, happened in Port Waikato.

"The male driver and single occupant of the vehicle died at the scene when the car he was driving failed to take a corner, left the road and went into the Waikato River," police said in a statement.

The Counties Manukau Serious Crash unit was at the scene near Tuakau Bridge, just west of Klondyke Road. The road was closed overnight.