A toddler has died after sustaining injuries in a car crash in rural Hawke's Bay last night.
Police said today two vehicles collided on State Highway 50 at Fernhill last night about 9pm.
Two other people received serious injuries in the smash.
St John Ambulance spokesman Stephen Smith said it appeared two vehicles had collided in a "close to head-on" smash.
A male occupant of one vehicle, in his 30s, was seriously injured. A woman, also in her 30s, was found in the second vehicle with serious injuries, along with a 2-1/2-year-old boy.
All three were taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital, where the boy died shortly afterwards.
All of those in the accident are believed to be Hawke's Bay residents.
The crash closed the road for an hour.
- HAWKE'S BAY TODAY
Toddler dies after crash
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