A man has died after he was involved in a crash on State Highway 5/Ngongotaha Road, Rotorua on Sunday 29th July.
Police were called to the crash between a car and a bus near Henderson Road at 12:45pm.
The driver of the car was taken to Rotorua Hospital in a moderate condition before deteriorating and being transferred to Waikato Hospital later that day.
The man, 84-year-old Rudolf Jacabus Hoogenboom of Rotorua, passed away in hospital on July 31st.
Police extend our sympathies to his family and friends.
Nobody on the bus was injured in the crash.
The Police Serious Crash Unit is investigating.
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Issued by Police Media Centre