An aircraft pilot is dead after his plane apparently hit an
occupied car in Northland this afternoon.
The crash happened about 3.55pm at One Tree Point, 6km
northwest of Marsden Point and 38km southeast of Whangarei.
Ambulance northern communications team manager Ngaire Jones
said one person died in the crash and three others were
injured.
The information we have is that the plane hit a car, and the
three with moderate injuries were in the car,'' Ms Jones told
NZPA.
Fire Service northern communications centre shift manager
Megan Ruru said initial indications were that it was a light
aircraft but that had not been confirmed.
The plane was totally ablaze and it had set off a scrub fire
in the area which firefighters were trying to extinguish.
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