A person has died in hospital after a car fire earlier today.
Police confirmed the person was airlifted to Waikato Hospital with serious burns and later died.
Emergency services were called to the burning vehicle on State Highway 3, between Mimi and Waiiti Rds near New Plymouth, at 7.20am.
“A person in the car sustained serious burns and has been airlifted to Waikato Hospital. At this stage, it is not clear how the car fire started,” a police spokesperson said.
The road has been closed, and is likely to remain so for some time.
