30 Dec 2020

Two who died in Southland crash named

7:00 am on 30 December 2020

The two people who died in a crash on the Riverton-Wallacetown highway in Southland on Monday have been named.

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Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

They were Kareen Marie Malcolm and James Lennon Malcolm, both of Invercargill and both aged 61.

James died at the scene and Kareen later in Dunedin Hospital.

A month ago, another man died after a crash on the same stretch of road.

Both collisions involved milk tankers.

Police are still investigating the latest crash.