Photo: Bridget Shimmin via NZ HeraldTwo Australian women were killed in a head-on collision between their rental car and a freight truck in Canterbury at the weekend. Police have confirmed that two Victorians, aged 56 and 58, were killed in the crash on Sunday. Stuff reported the women's car veered across the road and into the path of the truck between Rakaia and Dunsandel, south of Christchurch. His company, TIL Freight South Island, said the man suffered emotional trauma and was receiving counselling. Police acting area commander for rural Canterbury Natasha Rodley is quoted in the report, saying it was not certain what had caused the women's car to cross over the road's central line.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 11, 2019 19:19 UTC