{"id":235174,"date":"2026-01-15T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235174\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:26:08","slug":"winton-crash-one-person-dead-three-injured-in-two-vehicle-crash-on-sh6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235174\/","title":{"rendered":"Winton crash: One person dead, three injured in two-vehicle crash on SH6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">One person sustained moderate injuries, while two others were treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">SH6 was closed between Eglington St and Dejoux Rd until around 8pm last night, NZTA said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/serious-two-car-crash-shuts-state-highway-6-in-southland-detours-in-place\/YYPBXN6ARBDPVDQVG43S67VOGQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/serious-two-car-crash-shuts-state-highway-6-in-southland-detours-in-place\/YYPBXN6ARBDPVDQVG43S67VOGQ\/\">with motorists diverted along the township\u2019s side streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The Serious Crash Unit was on the scene for several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The exact circumstances of the crash are currently under investigation, with police now working to determine what led to the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Winton is a rural service town in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/southland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/southland\/\">Southland<\/a>, about 30km north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/invercargill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/invercargill\/\">Invercargill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person sustained moderate injuries, while two others were treated for minor injuries. SH6 was closed between Eglington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3549,690,5504,26755,78,10933,661,111,43,139,69,90,5270,2682,4056,139175,15488,1529,44097,139174],"class_list":{"0":"post-235174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-crash","9":"tag-dead","10":"tag-following","11":"tag-highway","12":"tag-in","13":"tag-injured","14":"tag-major","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz","19":"tag-on","20":"tag-one","21":"tag-others","22":"tag-person","23":"tag-sh6","24":"tag-southland","25":"tag-three","26":"tag-twovehicle","27":"tag-winton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}