Police have named the man who died at Nelson Hospital yesterday after a crash on the Coastal Highway in Mahana, near Nelson, on August 13.

He was Richard Marris, 71, from Nelson.

Emergency services were alerted to the two-vehicle crash about 2.30pm near Apple Valley Rd on Wednesday last week.

Police said they “extend our condolences to his loved ones during this difficult time”.

Inquiries into the crash continue.