Police can now name the man killed in a crash on the Methven Highway near Ashburton shortly after 3.30am on Sunday March 5th 2017.
He was 24-year-old Anthony Dennis Copperwheat, originally from the UK but currently living in Methven.
Police extend their sympathies to Mr Copperwheat’s whanau and friends.
The Serious Crash Unit investigation is continuing.
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Issued by Police Media Centre