Road toll at two for the weekend

Photo / Alan Gibson

Two people have been killed in crashes in the Manawatu region this weekend.

A 27-year-old Chinese woman died when her car missed a turn and hit a fence on State Highway 57 near Tokomaru last night.

The woman was believed to be dead by the time firefighters arrived at 8.14pm.

Central fire communications spokesman Mike Wanoa said the woman's body had to be freed from the wreck by firefighters.

Palmerston North police said today that the woman's name would be released once her overseas-based parents had been told.

Meanwhile, one person died at the scene of a crash near Woodville this morning near the intersection of SH2 and Priest Road.

Police said it appeared one car came out of Priest Rd and was hit on the driver's side by a southbound vehicle.

The dead person, whose name has not been released, was in the car on Priest Rd. Neither of the two occupants of the southbound vehicle was injured, police said.

Police were still investigating but did not believe speed was a factor.