{"id":396850,"date":"2026-04-25T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396850\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:10:12","slug":"two-killed-one-badly-injured-in-crash-near-rotorua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396850\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed, one badly injured, in crash near Rotorua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Two people were killed, and another was injured in a two-vehicle collision that occurred after one crossed the centreline near Rotorua. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The crash occurred at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Leonard Rd in Ngongotaha at around 5.30am. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Two people were killed, while another was &#8220;seriously injured&#8221;, police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Initial enquiries show that one of the vehicles involved has crossed the centre line just prior to the crash, and we\u2019re working to understand why that has occurred,\u201d Inspector Logan Marsh said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">He thanked people who &#8220;rushed to help&#8221; and &#8220;did what they could&#8221; while emergency services responded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cCrashes like this are devastating for the families involved and the community, and police will continue to support those affected by the tragic incident.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Marsh said the roads were expected to be busier over the long weekend, and urged motorists to take care. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cWe are asking all road users to prioritise safety and make please make good decisions whenever you\u2019re travelling not just over the long weekend but every day \u2013 regardless of if your journey is near or far.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were killed, and another was injured in a two-vehicle collision that occurred after one crossed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1081,42,43,1756,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-396850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-accident","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-tauranga-bay-of-plenty","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396850","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=396850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}