A Greymouth family is in ruins following a road crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her teenage son.
Police said the pair, who were travelling with a pre-school boy believed to be 3-years-old, were travelling on Taylorville Rd in Taylorville when their car went over a bank and landed upside down in a creek.
Weather conditions at the time were wet, and the vehicle the trio were in was travelling downhill into a bend, highway patrol sergeant Dave Cross said.
The Greymouth woman, aged 43, and her 15-year-old son - who attended the local high school - died as a result of the crash, which occurred shortly before 11am.
The younger child was transported to Grey Base Hospital, but is now believed to be at Christchurch Hospital.
