8:05 am today

Two dead in Waikato crashes

8:05 am today
Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.  Police Emergency tape.

(File photo). Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

Two people have been killed in two separate crashes in Waikato, police say.

One person died after a single vehicle crashed on Ohaupo Road, in Peacocke, just south of Hamilton.

The crash was reported to police just after 10pm on Saturday.

And a person died after a car and motorbike collision on Coronation Road in Morrinsville, which was reported to emergency services shortly before 7pm on Saturday.

Both roads were closed while emergency crews worked at the crash sites, but both had reopened by Sunday morning.

Police said scene examinations was carried out at both, and investigators would continue looking into what happened.

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