A man has died after being thrown from a 4x4 vehicle when it rolled on an off-road track near Makarora, in the Queenstown Lakes District, this afternoon.
The crash happened at about 3.45pm off the Makarora-Lake Hawea Road, on Saturday 10 September, 2016.
Two other people suffered minor injuries and have been taken to a local medical centre. A fourth person in the vehicle was not injured.
The serious crash unit will be investigating.
There is no further information available at this time. Police will not be releasing the deceased man's name until his next of kin have been notified.
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Issued by Police Media Centre