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Cromwell emergency services and Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter personnel attend to patients at the scene of this evenings's fatal car accident on the corner of State Highways 6 and 8B, opposite Nicols Garden Centre and Cafe. Photo by Marjorie Cook. |
One person is dead and five are injured following a serious
crash between a grey sedan and a courier van at Cromwell.
The crash happened at the intersection of State Highway 8b
and SH6, near Nichols Garden Centre, at 5.45pm.
Constable Dean Schroder, of Cromwell, said five people were
in the car.
The male driver was killed, and a front seat male passenger
was taken to Dunstan Hospital with moderate injuries.
Three women in the back seat were flown to Dunedin Hospital
with serious injuries.
The sole occupant of the courier van, a woman, received only
minor injuries in the crash, and she was not taken to
hospital.
A reporter at the scene says one car has had its roof
completely removed and more than 15 emergency services
workers are at the scene, including several fire engines,
ambulances and a helicopter.
- ODT staff
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