Police have identified the 20-year-old woman Hunterville woman who died when the car she was driving crashed through a guard rail on a bridge and plunged into a river in a remote area of the Rangitikei district last night.
The car crashed off Turakina Valley Rd into the Turakina River, near Hunterville, about 9pm.
Police said a preliminary examination suggested Keryn Swainson, the car's sole occupant, failed to negotiate a right-hand bend before crashing into the guard rail.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Wanganui police and the Fire Service attended the scene following reports a car was underwater, and the police national dive squad was en route from Wellington last night.
