Name release: Fatal crash, Whitianga

Source: New Zealand Police

Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in Whitianga on 12 November.

He was Melford (Mel) Robert Watson, 80, of Whitianga.

Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this time.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.

ENDS.

Holly McKay/NZ Police