Man dies from crash injuries

A passenger in a car involved in a major crash near Nelson yesterday died in Nelson Hospital overnight. File photo / NZ Herald

A man has died in hospital overnight from injuries sustained in a major crash near Nelson yesterday.

Police said the crash between a car and a truck and trailer happened at an intersection on Moutere Highway around 3:40pm.

The truck was travelling south on the highway when the car - a late model Mercedes Benz - failed to give way, police said.

A passenger in the car, believed to be a local resident in his late 30s, died in Nelson Hospital overnight.

Its driver was flown to Wellington Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition in the intensive care unit.

The truck driver was shaken but uninjured by the collision, police said.

He was breath tested at the crash site and returned a negative result.

Serious crash investigators are still working at the scene.

- Herald Online