5 Feb 2014

Ashburton man killed in crash named

9:59 pm on 5 February 2014

Police have named an Ashburton man who died in a fiery crash south of Christchurch on Monday.

Michael Francis Sheahan died after the car he was driving crashed into a ditch and burst into flames on State Highway 1, near Dunsandel.

Passers-by freed the 68-year-old, but he died at the scene.

The death has been referred to the coroner.