The name of the man killed while working on road repairs to one of Northland's busiest roads has been released by police.
He was 51-year-old Selwyn Patrick Rewa of Whangarei.
Rewa was driving a small tractor equipped with a sweeper near the intersection of Otaika Valley and Cemetery Rds when it and a truck collided on Friday afternoon.
Sergeant Mark Brown said the small tractor equipped with a sweeper and a truck had been travelling in the same direction, towards Maungatapere, when they collided.
It was on a straight section of road undergoing resurfacing and subject to a 30km/h speed restriction. Brown said both vehicles had been seized by police and were to be forensically examined.
