One person is dead and four others are injured after a crash in the Southland town of Riverton this morning.
Emergency services were first called to the crash about 8.30am.
Police said it was a two-car crash in Palmerston St, near Princess and Napier Sts.
Police confirmed one person has since died and four others were seriously injured in the crash.
Emergency services at the scene this morning. PHOTO: LAURA SMITH
At 7.10pm police confirmed the street had been reopened.
Meanwhile, one person has been injured in a crash involving a truck and a car on a Southland highway.
Police said the collision happened abut 9.15am on the Winton-Lorneville Highway, about 1km from Winton.
A St John spokeswoman said ambulance staff treated one person with moderate injuries and transported them to Southland Hospital.
- By Laura Smith and ODT Online
