Police have released the name of the man who died in a crash in Southland in the early hours of Labour Day.
He was 22-year-old Jade Whatuira of Orepuki, a coastal town west of Invercargill and about 30km from Riverton.
Police received word around 6am yesterday that a vehicle had collided with a fence and left the road on the State Highway 99, south of Jenkins Rd, near Tuatapere.
Police believed the crash happened after midnight.
Police said today the Serious Crash Unit investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.
