One person is dead after a tree came down on State Highway 1 north of Dunedin today. Stuff is reporting the deceased was in this vehicle, which wasn't one of the two hit by the tree. Photo: Gregor RichardsonThere was a digger at the scene which had removed pieces of the tree from the road. A witness told Stuff his own vehicle narrowly avoided hitting the tree, and another vehicle came close to being crushed. The temporary traffic management will stay in place overnight until an assessment of other trees in vicinity could be completed tomorrow morning.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 05, 2020 02:03 UTC