Police have named an elderly man killed after a head-on crash between two small trucks near Rotorua yesterday.
He was William Hamilton Boyd (73), of Turangi.
Mr Boyd was driving a truck towards Rotorua, on Te Ngae Road, which hit a stationary truck waiting to turn into Wharenui Road, Sergeant Tony Bennett said.
Both drivers and a female passenger were taken to Rotorua hospital, but Mr Boyd died soon after arriving.