One person is dead after a crash on State Highway 1 near Makikihi, north of Oamaru, this morning. Emergency services were alerted to the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of SH1 and Lower Hook Rd, just after 6.30am. Police initially said that injuries were suspected, but in an update around 10:10am they confirmed one person had died. The road was closed for a time, and then down to one lane, but it has now fully reopened.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 16, 2021 19:37 UTC