Police have released the name of the man who died following a crash on Takitimu Drive in Tauranga earlier this month.

He was 48-year-old Warren Craig Cochrane, of Ōtūmoetai.

Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 2/Takitimu Drive on October 5.

In a statement, police extended their condolences to Cochrane’s family.

“Our thoughts are with his family as they go through this difficult time,” police said.

Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.