One person is dead and another was fighting for their life this afternoon after a car crashed into a bridge in Northland.
Four people were in the vehicle, and a Fire Service spokesman said one was killed.
A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition following the accident.
The crash happened on Pouto Rd at Te Kopuru, about 25km south of Dargaville, shortly before 4pm.
Firefighters had to free a person trapped in the wreckage.