KEY POINTS:
A jogger killed in a hit and run south of Auckland was one of two people who died on the roads this weekend.
Meanwhile, a 13-year-old girl died in Wellington Hospital on Saturday morning after being injured in a head-on crash at Poukawa, 18km southwest of Hastings, on October 4.
Police named her this morning as Jennifer Algie, from Havelock North.
Three other women were injured in the crash, which happened on State Highway 2, when one car crossed the centre line, police said. It scraped the side of one car then collided with another head-on.
On Friday night a 24-year-old man from Tuakau, 55km south of Auckland, was found dead in a ditch.
His mother went looking for him after he had failed to return from a run about 8.30pm and discovered emergency services at the scene and her son dead.
The driver, also from Tuakau, had by then returned to the scene with her husband. She was arrested and was given a breath alcohol test, which she allegedly failed.
About 12.20am on Saturday Dunedin woman, Clare Patricia Stedman, was killed in a head-on crash on State Highway 1 south of Dunedin.
Police said the 45-year-old's car collided with a station wagon.
The three people in the station wagon were taken to Dunedin Hospital, Sergeant Chris George said. The driver was in a serious condition.
- NZPA
