A man has died in a crash on a bridge in Hastings on Friday.
About 5pm, emergency services received reports of a single-vehicle crash at Black Bridge on Mill Rd.
The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene, police confirmed in a statement.
The bridge and road are expected to reopen in the next few hours, police said around 10:30pm.
“Police extend their sympathies to the man’s whānau,” police said.