Two people have died and multiple others have been injured in a series of crashes across the country overnight and this morning.<\/p>\n
Police said one person died following a single-vehicle crash on Howden Rd in Temple View, near Hamilton, around 8.40pm last night.<\/p>\n
Despite the efforts of emergency personnel, the person died at the scene.<\/p>\n
The serious crash unit was investigating.<\/p>\n
Another person died at the scene following a two-vehicle crash on Auckland’s South-Western Motorway around 6.15am this morning.<\/p>\n
Two others sustained moderate injuries in the collision. <\/p>\n
St John said it responded with three ambulances, one rapid response unit and one manager.<\/p>\n
A section of the motorway was closed while the serious crash unit carried out a scene examination. <\/p>\n
The road had since reopened. <\/p>\n
High volume of crashes affect roads across New Zealand<\/p>\n
Serious crashes blocked lanes on two of Auckland’s motorways this morning, while two overnight incidents in Southland have also closed several local roads.<\/p>\n
This morning’s fatal crash in Onehunga left two lanes of the Southwest motorway closed.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Auckland, a three-vehicle crash on the Southern Motorway SH1, near \u014ctara, also blocked northbound lanes.<\/p>\n
Police received a report of that crash at about 7.25am. <\/p>\n
St John said one patient in a serious condition had been taken to Middlemore Hospital, while two patients with minor injuries were treated at the scene.<\/p>\n
Lanes have since reopened in both instances.<\/p>\n
Another crash several hours later in Mount Roskill has led to traffic diversions on the east side of Maioro St at the overbridge.<\/p>\n
Police said they were called to the two-vehicle crash around 10.30am.<\/p>\n
One person sustained moderate injuries in the collision.<\/p>\n
Motorists were asked to avoid the area and to expect delays while the scene was cleared.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, \u014chura Rd on SH43\/Forgotten World Highway was blocked following a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the scene around 11.30am.<\/p>\n
Motorists were advised to delay their travel.<\/p>\n
Further south, the NZ Transport Agency said SH20 had been closed between the Neilson St and Queenstown Rd off-ramps, with police saying northbound lanes were blocked. <\/p>\n
Live traffic cameras showed congestion building at off-ramps in the area where traffic had been diverted. <\/p>\n
Southland roads closed overnight<\/p>\n
Two single-vehicle crashes overnight have closed roads in Southland.<\/p>\n
Leet St in Invercargill has been closed after a crash around 3am.<\/p>\n
St John said it responded two ambulances and assessed four patients. <\/p>\n
Three in a moderate condition were treated at the scene, while one in a moderate condition was taken to Southland Hospital.<\/p>\n
The serious crash unit has been advised, with the road expected to remain shut for most of the day as diversions are in place, according to police.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the region, Winding Creek Rd remains blocked following a crash reported around 12.40am.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson said injuries have been reported, the serious crash unit has been advised, and the road is expected to be closed for most of the day.<\/p>\n
St John said it responded one first response unit, one ambulance, one rapid response unit and one helicopter.<\/p>\n
One patient was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have died and multiple others have been injured in a series of crashes across the country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,42,43,15488,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-341567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-southland","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341567","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=341567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}