Emergency services were called to a crash on Curletts Rd, near the motorway off-ramp, at about 7.50am. Photo: George HeardBlack ice has caused seven crashes on South Island roads so far this morning. Emergency services were called to a crash on Old West Coast Rd near Kirwee where a car went off the road. The crashes came as much of the South Island woke to freezing temperatures on Monday. In Blenheim, the temperature is -2C, 2C in Christchurch, -1C in Queenstown, 2C in Dunedin and 8C in Invercargill.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 04, 2021 22:30 UTC