Police at the scene where a tractor rolled down a bank onto
SH2, Te Hauke, South of Hastings, killing the occupant.
Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall
Police have named a man killed yesterday when the tractor
he was driving rolled off a driveway on to State Highway 2
south of Hastings.
He was Karauria Watene, aged 65.
The accident happened at Te Hauke at 8.45am and involved a
relatively small tractor with a front-end loader, police
said.
Senior Sergeant Greg Brown said both lanes of the highway
were closed for about an hour.
Inquiries into the cause of the accident were continuing.
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