Man killed in fatal Bay crash named

Emergency services were called to a fatal crash near Edgecumbe yesterday afternoon. File photo.

Police have named the man who was killed in a crash in the Bay of Plenty yesterday.

Owen Alexander Materi died in a crash between two vehicles on Te Teko Road, near Edgecumbe.

A police spokesperson says emergency services were notified at 12:43pm of a two-vehicle collision on Te Teko Road between Powell Road and Otakiri Road.

The other driver involved in the crash is understood to have suffered minor injuries.

Police says 24-year-old Owen had been living in Edgecumbe before the crash.

'Police's thoughts are with Mr Materi's family at this difficult time.

'The Serious Crash Unit continue to investigate the crash and would like to speak to any witnesses who have not yet spoken to police.”

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