10 Oct 2021

Motorcyclist dies after crash in Northland

8:10 am on 10 October 2021

One motorcyclist has died following a crash with a car last night in Kauri, north of Whangārei.

Close up of a St John ambulance on a residential street.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Richards Road just after 6.30pm.

Police say the motorbike rider was taken to Whangārei Hospital in a critical condition but died from their injuries.