One dead, one critically injured as car hits tree

One person is dead and another person is in a critical condition after the car they were in hit a tree, in Auckland this morning.

Auckland police sergeant Christopher Money said the accident happened about 2.40am at Hamlin Road, Mt Wellington.

A third person received moderate injuries, he said.

Another three people were badly hurt, one of them critically, in a separate incident when a car hit a tree in Otara.

- NZPA, NEWSTALK ZB