Teenage sisters die in head-to-head truck smash

Two teenage sisters were killed yesterday after their car slid on a bridge on State Highway 1, slamming into an oncoming truck.

Lucy Elizabeth Simon, 18, and Isabelle Jan Simon, 15, died instantly in the crash at Manakau, near Levin. Both girls were from Manakau.

After the initial crash, a third vehicle, a van, drove into the back of the truck.

Police described the truck driver as "shaken, but unhurt". The van driver was also unhurt.

- NZPA