The two people who died following a crash between their motorcycle and milk tanker in Southland on Monday afternoon have been named.
They were Kareen Marie Malcolm, 61, and James Lennon Malcolm, 61, both of Invercargill.
Emergency services were called to the crash scene on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway (State Highway 99), between Taramoa Rd and Price Rd, about 1.30pm.
Malcolm died at the scene and Malcolm was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital but succumbed to her critical injuries.