One dead after car plunges into stream in Paparoa

A person died after a car crashed into a stream north of Auckland. Photo / Bevan Conley

One person has died and another is injured after a car crashed into a stream north of Auckland overnight.

The single-vehicle crash in Paparoa in the Kaipara District happened around 12.35am at the intersection of Paparoa Valley and Franklin Rds.

The car went down a bank into a stream, police
said.

“Despite CPR by a member of the public before emergency services arrived, one of the car’s occupants sadly died at the scene.”

The other person from the car was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.