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Man dies in hospital following crash in Ngāruawāhia

5:58 pm today
Waikato Hospital

The motorcycle rider later died in Waikato Hospital. Photo: Supplied/ Waikato Hospital

A man has died from injuries sustained in a serious crash earlier this month in Ngāruawāhia.

Emergency services were called to the crash between a car and a motorcycle on River Road about 7am, 1 October.

A police spokesperson said the rider was taken to Waikato Hospital with critical injuries, where he died last weekend.

Police have named the dead man as 59-year-old Ngāruawāhia man Craig Read.

"Our thoughts remain with his family and loved ones."

The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.

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