A driver is dead after a logging truck and car crashed in Waikato this morning and three more people died in crashes overnight.
Fire and Emergency northern shift communications manager Colin Underdown said the crash happened on State Highway 29 at Karapiro.
He said an empty logging truck and car had collided at 4.50am about 4km from the intersection with SH1.
The section of highway between SH1 and SH27 was closed and motorists can expect delays.
St John said one person died in the crash. No one else was injured.
Earlier, one person died after their car crashed into a tree on Pyes Pa Road in Tauranga.
Underdown said the crash happened around 10.15pm between Williams and Taumata Rds.
Another driver was dead after their car left the road and crashed into a paddock in the Clutha District, police said.
The single car crash happened about 11pm between Switzers Rd and Moncurs Rd.
The road was closed for sometime while the Serious Crash Unit investigated and the road was cleared by about 1am.
Police said a third man died in the Waitaki District about 1.50am.
His car crashed into a bridge between Herbert-Hampden Road and Woodburn Road in Herbert.
Initial investigations indicated no other vehicle was involved, police said.
