One person is dead after a speeding driver crashed into another vehicle last night. At 9:20pm yesterday a vehicle crashed on the corner of East Coast Road and Hibiscus Highway, Silverdale.
Members of the public earlier saw the vehicle speeding and travelling on the wrong side of the road. The vehicle collided into another vehicle and a traffic pole.
The driver of the speeding vehicle died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was moderately injured.
Speed and alcohol are believed to have contributed to a fatal crash in Silverdale last night, police say.
The vehicle was seen speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road before it crashed at the corner of East Coast Road and Hibiscus Highway about 9.30pm.
The vehicle collidedinto another vehicle and a traffic pole.
The driver of the speeding vehicle died at the scene, while the driver of the other vehicle was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.
Police this morning said early indications showed speed and alcohol were believed to be factors in the crash.