Driver dies
The driver of a car died following a crash in Manutahi, South Taranaki, on Tuesday. Emergency services were notified about 5.20pm of the two-vehicle crash involving a car and a truck on South Rd, between Upper Manutahi Rd and Ball Rd. An investigation into the circumstances of the crash is under way.
Eye on fire
Fire crews have been keeping an eye on a medium-sized grass fire in Longacre Rd, Okoia. The Whanganui Fire Brigade was alerted at 5.45pm on Tuesday to the 50m x 30m vegetation fire. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said the fire was quite deep-seated, so the Rural Fire Service revisited the site yesteday to check it was under control.