A man was killed after a car hit a fence and went down a bank this morning.
Police said the accident happened in King Road, Inglewood.
"The vehicle left the road hit a fence and end up 10 metres down a bank," police said in a statement.
Police were told about the crash at 3.06am. On arrival, they found a man had died.
No other people were in the car.
The Serious Crash Unit from New Plymouth was investigating the crash.