Two people have died in two separate crashes overnight; a driver travelling in the Far North and another in a car that collided with a ute in the Hutt Valley.
The driver, travelling alone, died at the scene of a single-car crash on Kaitaia-Awaroa Rd, at 10.15 last night.
Another person died and five others were injured after a car and ute crashed in the Hutt Valley this morning.
The two vehicles collided on the motorway, slightly north of Silverstream, just before 4am.
Police confirmed one person travelling in the car had died, while another had been airlifted in a critical condition to hospital.
