Three people were killed in a series of crashes on roads in the upper North Island yesterday.
A 41-year-old truck driver was killed when he was thrown from his truck in Kumeu about 12.30pm.
The accident followed a fatal crash south of Hastings about 6.30am on State Highway 2. Denis Lunn, 56, died after his car veered into the path of an oncoming light truck.
Three hours later a man died when his car and another vehicle collided near Tirau on State Highway 5.
Three die on roads
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