23 Sep 2009

Fatal van crash near Thames

1:53 pm on 23 September 2009

One person has died and two others were seriously injured in a van crash on State Highway 2 near Thames.

The van, with six people on board, rolled near Ngatea about 8am on Wednesday.

One person died at the scene, four people were taken to Thames Hospital and a 41-year-old woman was under assessment in Waikato Hospital's emergency department.

It is believed the van's occupants were from Vanuatu.