Emergency services were called to the crash on Omihi Rd (State Highway 1) about six kilometres south of the Greta Valley settlement just before 5.30am on Thursday. One person has died and a major North Canterbury highway was closed for a time following an early morning crash. Emergency services were called to Omihi Rd (State Highway 1) about six kilometres south of the Greta Valley settlement, just before 5.30am on Thursday. A Christchurch Transport Operations Centres spokesman said the crash had closed the road to traffic between Scargill Valley Rd and SH7. There have been at least 12 other crashes within a 900-metre stretch of Omihi Rd just north of Burrow Rd since January 2000, according to NZ Transport Agency crash data.

Source: Stuff November 18, 2020 17:56 UTC