A person critically injured in a car fire in Taranaki this morning has passed away in hospital.
Emergency services were alerted to the car fire on State Highway 3 (Mokau Road) at 7.20am today.
A person with serious burns was airlifted to Waikato Hospital but sadly died a short time ago.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish how the car fire started.
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