Woman killed in Nth Island crash named

Police have named the woman killed in a crash between a car and a truck near Whangarei on Friday afternoon.

She was Josephine Tipene (47), a mother of three.

Ms Tipene, from Kerikeri, is also survived by two grandchildren.

Emergency services were called to the crash scene at Otaika, about 6km south of Whangarei on State Highway 1, about 12.30pm on Friday.

The road was closed for several hours as police cleared the wreckage and examined the scene.

- Anna Leask of the New Zealand Herald

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