A 37-year-old Masterton man has died after the car he was in plunged off a bridge and into the Whangaehu River near Te Ore Ore.
The crash happened at about 1.20pm on Te Ore Ore Bideford Rd.
Local kaumatua and the family of the deceased man are at the scene of the crash.
Henry Bunny of Wairarapa Livestock, who had been waiting to get through the police cordon to pick up lambs, had grown up in the area and described the drop from the bridge as "pretty decent".