One person is dead and two others have been taken to hospital after a fatal crash near Hamilton.
A car was travelling south on Monday on Ruakura Road, Newstead, about 8km east of Hamilton, when it collided with a Hamilton-bound truck at the intersection with Lissette Road, Senior Sergeant Rupert Friend of Hamilton police said.
The car spun out of control before hitting a wooden fence, Mr Friend told the Waikato Times.
The car's driver, a woman thought to be aged between 60 and 80, died at the scene.
Two people in the truck had minor injuries and were taken to Waikato Hospital.
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