Crash victim named

Police have released the name of the woman who died following a crash in Cromwell at the weekend.

She was Donna Marie Melcher, 65, of the United States.

She died at the scene and a second person was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries.

A police spokesperson last night said a 60-year-old man had been charged with careless driving causing death and careless driving causing injury.

The death is one of six on Central Otago roads in the past five weeks. — APL