A dairy farm worker has died after being trapped underwater by his quad bike near Invercargill overnight.
The 26-year-old man was riding the four-wheeled motorbike when it left the road and crashed into a ditch, pinning him underneath the bike and partially submerging his upper body in shallow water, police said.
He is believed to have been trapped underwater for about 10 minutes until he was found by a nearby resident.
Emergency services were called to the crash on Tiwai Rd, 12km south of Invercargill, about 12.20am.
Ambulance officers gave the man CPR but he died at the scene.
The man was not believed to be carrying out farm work at the time of the crash and it is understood he had been drinking alcohol before the accident.
Police enquiries are continuing.
