The man who died after a car and truck crashed in Mount Maunganui was Brayden Tawa, of Pāpāmoa, police say.
The crash happened at the intersection of Aerodrome Rd and Hewletts Rd/State Highway 2 on Wednesday night.
In a media statement today, police confirmed Tawa, 27, was the person killed.
Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Wayne Hunter told the Bay of Plenty Times the cause of thecrash was still being investigated.