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Motorcyclist dies of injuries in hospital following Waikato crash

By 1News Reporters
5:47pm
A motorcycle (file image).

A motorcycle (file image). (Source: istock.com)

A motorcyclist has died in hospital following injuries sustained in a serious crash earlier this month in Ngāruawāhia.

Emergency services were called to the crash between a car and a motorcycle on River Rd about 7am on October 1.

Police confirmed the rider, 59-year-old Ngāruawāhia man Craig Read, died last weekend after being taken to Waikato Hospital with critical injuries.

"Our thoughts remain with his family and loved ones," a police spokesperson said.

The circumstances of the crash remained under investigation.

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