One person has died and three others are seriously injured after a crash on State Highway 3 in Waitomo this morning. Emergency services were at the scene of the crash which happened at 6.15am near the intersection of Mangakowhai Road at Piopio. Earlier police said three people were seriously injured, since then one person has died. The crash brings the number of deaths on the road during the official holiday period to three, after one person died in a crash on State Highway 3 near Whanganui on Saturday, and a pedestrian was hit by a car in Blenheim on Friday evening. Another 10 people died on the roads between 20 December and when it began.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 29, 2019 20:37 UTC