One person has died after a car crashed into a river in the Bay of Plenty.
Emergency services were called to White Pine Bush Rd near Tāneatua about 6.05pm on Tuesday after reports a car had crashed into the Whakatāne River.
Police said this morning that one person died at the scene and a second person was seriously injured.
The road was closed overnight but has since re-opened.
Inquiries into the crash were ongoing, police said.
The long-serving Riverlock employee is now home after leaving Waikato Hospital.

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