Police name woman killed in crash near Westport

Police have named a woman killed in a car crash south of Westport.

She was Lisa Ann Lyon, 35, of Westport. Inspector Alan Weston, of police communications, said she was with her family in a ute travelling north when it collided head-on with a van about 4pm.

The accident happened about 10km south of Charleston.

Three other members of the victim's family and the driver of the van were taken to Greymouth Hospital with moderate injuries.

- NZPA