23 Oct 2016

Woman dies in quad bike accident

1:32 pm on 23 October 2016

A woman died when the quad bike she was riding with two other people rolled down a bank into a stream overnight.

Emergency services were called to a bush reserve near State Highway 41 at Kuratau about about 1am today.

Another woman, aged 28, was taken by helicopter to Rotorua hospital suffering moderate injuries, and a man was uninjured.

Police are investigating the incident

Kuratau is on the western shores of Lake Taupo.

Kuratau is on the western shores of Lake Taupo. Photo: Google Maps