Emergency services attended two crashes on Dunedin roads within minutes of each other this morning.
An Otago Daily Times photographer at the scene said a car crashed into a power pole outside the Love Sports Dairy, at the intersection of Hillside Rd and Burns St, in Caversham.
Police confirmed they were called to the crash into the power pole at 7.10am, although were unable to offer details around any injuries.
Hillside Rd was closed after a car crashed into a power pole.
Fire crews at the scene of a car crashing into a power pole at the intersection of Hillside Rd and Burns St this morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Emergency services attend the crash on Hillside Rd this morning. Photo: George Elliott
A car was also towed after a crash on the Southern Motorway.
An Otago Daily Times photographer at the scene said the car crashed at the Concord off ramp of the motorway's southbound lane, just over the hill from Lookout Point.
A car is towed from a crash at the Concord off ramp of the Southern Motorway this morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Police confirmed they were called to this crash at 7.07am.
They said in a statement that it appeared to be a "nose-to-tail type crash", involving three cars.
There had been no mention of injuries, the statement added, and the lanes reopened at 8am.
