One dead after 4wd flips in ditch

One person died after a four-wheel-drive vehicle flipped over in a ditch at Opotiki early today, police said.

The incident happened on Waiotahi Beach Rd about 1.50am, when the vehicle crashed into the waist-deep ditch and overturned.

The person who died had been trapped in the vehicle. Ambulance staff treated two others at the scene for minor injuries.

No further details were available.

- NZPA