Man killed in tractor accident named

Police have named a man killed yesterday when the tractor he was driving rolled off a driveway on to State Highway 2 south of Hastings.

He was Karauria Watene, aged 65.

The accident happened at Te Hauke at 8.45am and involved a relatively small tractor with a front-end loader, police said.

Senior Sergeant Greg Brown said both lanes of the highway were closed for about an hour.

Inquiries into the cause of the accident were continuing.

- NZPA