Two people have died following a crash between a car and truck on State Highway 4 near the small town of National Park this morning. The crash has closed State Highway 4 from the Tongariro National Park to Raetihi, between State Highway 49 and State Highway 47. Emergency services are responding to a crash between a car and truck, police say. Another person has been killed after a car crashed into a tree just before 7.30am at the intersection of State Highway 7 and Hurunui Bluff Rd. "The Serious Crash Unit is now investigating and for that reason the road has been closed," police said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 05, 2017 20:46 UTC