Person dies following crash in Canterbury.
A person has died overnight following a crash in Coalgate, Selwyn District yesterday.
The two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of Homebush Road and Malvern Hills Road shortly before 11am on Saturday.
One person who was critically injured in the crash died from their injuries in Christchurch Hospital early this morning.
Four others were reported to have received serious injuries in the crash.
The circumstances are being investigated.
Serious crash in Auckland
Four people were injured, two critically, in what appears to be a single-vehicle crash on Auckland’s Southwestern motorway overnight.
Around 12:40am a vehicle hit the centre barrier on State Highway 20.
The vehicle’s four occupants were all taken to hospital – two in critical condition, one in serious condition, and one with minor injuries.
The motorway was closed at Onehunga, however is now open.
The Police Serious Crash Unit was in attendance, and an investigation is underway into the cause of the crash.
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