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