One person has died in a crash involving three trucks on Burkes Pass near Tekapo this morning.
Two others suffered minor injuries, police said.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash, on State Highway 8 at Burkes Pass, around 8:50am.
St John sent three vehicles to the scene and transported the injured people to hospital.
The accident happened just past Dog Kennel Corner near the bend that leads to Rollesby Valley Rd on the way to Lake Tekapo.
The highway was closed at the snow gates on either side of the pass but reopened at about 6pm.
The road would was closed for much of the day police attended and examined the scene.
The Serious Crash Unit has been notified.
Weather station data from MetService showed that at 9.45am temperatures were still below zero in that part of the country, and police had earlier warned of likely icy conditions on many South Island roads.
- ODT Online/NZ Herald
