Pair killed in Southland motorcycle crash named

Emergency services at the scene of the serious crash near the Oreti River bridge. Photo / Otago Daily Times

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.

Emergency service staff told the Otago Daily Times the crash was between a Fonterra truck and a motorcycle.

A spokeswoman for the dairy company confirmed one of the vehicles involved in the crash belonged to Fonterra.

She said the driver was not injured.

A police spokeswoman said yesterday no charges as yet had been laid and inquiries were still being conducted.