Couple killed in Southland motorcycle accident named

The two people who died after an accident between their motorcycle and a milk tanker in Southland on Monday afternoon have been named.

They were Kareen Marie Malcolm, 61, and James Lennon Malcolm, 61, both from Invercargill.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the accident on the Riverton-Wallacetown Freeway (State Highway 99), between Taramoa Rd and Price Rd, around 1.30 pm.

Malcolm died at the scene and Malcolm was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital, but succumbed to his critical injuries.

Emergency service personnel told the Otago Daily Times that the accident occurred between a Fonterra truck and a motorcycle.

A spokeswoman for the dairy company confirmed that one of the vehicles involved in the accident belonged to Fonterra.

She said the driver was not injured.

A police spokeswoman said yesterday that charges have not yet been filed and that investigations are still underway.