19 Jul 2010

Woman still critical after fatal crash

1:04 pm on 19 July 2010

A woman is still in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay hospital, following a crash on the Napier-Taupo highway, in which two other people died.

A car and a four wheel drive vehicle collided head on, near the Te Haroto summit on Friday.

The two drivers, aged 58 and 59, were both killed.

The woman, 66, a passenger in the 4WD vehicle, received chest, head and leg injuries.