Sadly a 66-year-old woman has died following a crash on the Tasman Highway at Tonganah this afternoon.

Police and emergency services were called to the scene about 3:20 pm on Saturday the 21^st of December.

Initial inquires indicate a silver Honda Accord was travelling east on the Tasman Highway at Tonganah when the vehicle has left the road coming to rest in a ditch. The female passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene whilst the male driver and only other occupant of the vehicle aged in his sixties was conveyed the Launceston General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information or relevant dash cam footage is asked to contact Northern Crash Investigation Services on 131 444. Our thoughts are with the female’s family and loved ones. A report will be prepared for the coroner.