Photo: ODT filesEmergency services in parts of the South have been busy with several crashes caused by treacherous, road conditions due to black ice this morning. On arrival crews discovered there was black ice on the roads which made the pass "very treacherous". A spokesman for the Queenstown Lakes District Council said early this morning that ice had been forming on numerous roads. There was black ice on Malaghans Rd, in the Dalefield area, in the Cardrona Valley and up on the Crown Range, linking Queenstown and Wanaka. In Central Otago, black ice was also forming on roads in Alexandra and Clyde.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 14, 2021 19:52 UTC