Four dead on North Island roads over weekend

One person has died following a crash in the Northland town of Waimate North last night.

Police received report of the single-vehicle crash on Te Ahu Ahu Road at 8.08pm.

“Police can advise one person has died following the crash,” police said in a statement.

The Serious Crash Unit attended and inquiries are ongoing.

The crash brings the holiday road toll, so far, to four deaths.

On Friday night a driver died after fleeing a police checkpoint in Whangārei.

On Saturday a person died in a crash on Whakamaru Rd in the Bay of Plenty, just before 1.30pm.

Another person died in a crash involving a car and a motorcyclist on SH25 south-east of the SH25A turn off on the Coromandel Peninsula on Saturday.