Queenstown Police have arrested a 24 year old Queenstown man this afternoon in relation to a head on collision on the Glenorchy-Queenstown Road on the 25th of June 2008.

The local man has been charged with Dangerous Driving Causing Death and two charges of Dangerous Driving Causing Injury.

A male passenger travelling with the man suffered minor injuries to his leg and chest.

The occupants of the second vehicle were airlifted to Dunedin Hospital on the evening of the crash.

The 62 year old female passenger Joan Veronica Green died in Dunedin Hospital on the 2nd of July after serious head and chest injuries which she suffered as a result of the collision on the 25th of June.

Her husband David Malcolm Green suffered extensive injuries and is still receiving on-going care in Dunedin and Christchurch Hospitals.

The English couple were living in Queenstown at the time of the crash and have immediate family living in New Zealand and Australia.

The matter has now been referred to the Coroner.