Queenstown's Noelene Tait, pictured in 2007, was a lover of Irish music and a major part of the community, friends say.

A Queenstown woman killed in a head-on crash was a lover of Irish music and a major part of the community, friends say.

Emergency services were called to the crash, involving two cars and a motorcycle, on Frankton Rd (State Highway 6A) near the intersection with Hensman Rd about 3.30pm on Tuesday.

Noelene Margaret Tait, 84, of Queenstown, died at the scene. She was the only person in her vehicle.

STUFF A tourist has been charged after two cars and a motorcycle collided on State Highway 6A in Queenstown on Tuesday, killing Noelene Margaret Tait.

Tait was a long-standing violinist for the Arrow Miners Band – a mature band started in 1985 and based out of the historic gold mining town, Arrowtown.

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Band member Cheryl Collie said Tait was a "treasured member of the band" for about 30 years.

DEBBIE JAMIESON/STUFF Queenstown-based road policing manager Glenn Wilkinson discusses a fatal crash on Frankton Rd in Queenstown, involving two cars and a motorbike.

"She always related very well to the audience and she was always up the front. We will miss her terribly."

Tait was also a regular patron of The Fork And Tap restaurant and bar in Arrowtown and had played the violin and fiddle for an Irish band there every Wednesday for the past eight years.

Duty manager Ruth Nolan said Tait was an "incredible lady", who was a "huge part" of the Arrowtown community.

STUFF A 47-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured and had surgery after he broke his ankle in the crash.

"We've had customers that come back once or twice a year just to see Noelene on Irish night and she was amazing with the kids that come in. She would let them have a look at [her] violin."

The community was "in shock" after hearing of her death, she said.

"It's hard to comprehend at this stage. It won't be the same without her."

Sergeant Simon Matheson said a 29-year-old male tourist had been charged with careless driving causing death and two counts of careless driving causing injury.

He is due to appear in the Queenstown District Court on Monday.

Matheson would not say where the tourist was from.

A 47-year-old Central Otago man, who was riding the motorcycle, was flown to Dunedin Hospital where he had surgery for a broken ankle.

A 30-year-old woman who was a passenger in the alleged offender's car was taken to Lakes District Hospital with moderate injuries and discharged late on Tuesday.

Matheson said it appeared the 29-year-old tourist's rental car had crossed the centre line and collided head-on with Tait's car.

The police serious crash unit is still investigating the crash.

The crash comes just three days after a man suffered critical injuries in a three-vehicle crash also on Frankton Rd. Two people in other vehicles suffered minor injuries and the crash left the main route between Frankton and central Queenstown closed for several hours.

According to Ministry of Transport data, six people have died on New Zealand roads during the first two weeks of the year.