Police have released the name of a 59-year-old woman who was killed when her car left the road and hit a tree in Manawatu yesterday.
She was Margaret Patricia Hirst, of Halcombe, 13km north-west of Feilding.
A passing motorist spotted the car down a bank east of Halcombe.
It was unclear when or how the crash happened but the road was wet, police said.
- NZPA
Woman killed in Manawatu crash named
Feilding police say two people have been killed on Manawatu's roads today, with a 59-year-old woman killed when her car left the road and hit a tree this afternoon. File photo / NZ Herald
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