Police have now named the man killed in a crash on Saturday night on Dyers Pass Road.
The victim was 48-year-old Kyle John McKitterick of Christchurch.
The crash, involving a car and a motorcycle, happened around 2pm on Saturday afternoon.Â
McKitterick was taken to hospital after the crash, where he later died.Â
In a statement, police have extended their sympathies to McKitterick's friends and family.Â
The Dyers Pass crash was one of two fatal accidents involving motorcyclists on Saturday.
52-year-old Antoni Robert Langtry was also killed in Takaka around 3pm.
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