NZ police are responding to fatal crash in Cambridge

The serious crash unit is investigating after a fatal crash on Tirau Road in Cambridge in the early hours of this morning.

Around 3:39am, a vehicle has crashed into the back of an ambulance.

The driver of the vehicle has sadly died at the scene.

The driver of the ambulance is in a critical condition and has been taken to Waikato Hospital.

There were no patients onboard but there was another medical staff member inside the vehicle who has non-life threatening injuries.

The road is expected to be closed for some time and diversions are in place.

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