KEY POINTS:
A man has been killed after the car he was driving crashed into a bank in Northland this morning.
The crash happened about 9.20am in Waiotemarama Gorge Rd, a rural road off State Highway 12 about 70km southwest of Kaikohe.
Fire Service northern communications centre shift manager Jaron Phillips said the victim was the sole occupant of his car.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Police were investigating.
- NZPA