A second person has died following a crash in Palmerston North on Saturday.
Police were called to the scene of a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Roberts Line and Napier Road at 4pm on Saturday.
One person died at the scene while another died later in hospital as a result of their injuries.
There have now been a total of four deaths in three separate road accidents across the North Island on Saturday.
In Wellsford, emergency services were called to Run Road, Tapora, shortly before 1:30pm, after a van went down a bank.
The sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene.
In the Waikato, one person died and another is in serious condition following a crash between two vehicles on SH27 at Tatuanui.
Police are conducting separate examinations into the cause of the three accidents.
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