An infant has died following a car crash in Opotiki this morning.
Police said a 4WD vehicle came off the road and landed upside down in a drain off State Highway 2 at Waiotahi, Opotiki.
An infant in the car died in the crash, police said.
No one else in the car was injured
SH2 was closed for a time this morning between Paerata Ridge Road and the bridge over the Waioeka River.
The Police Serious Crash Unit is investigating.