{"id":576651,"date":"2026-08-22T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576651\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:06:10","slug":"three-critically-injured-in-two-vehicle-crash-at-lindis-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576651\/","title":{"rendered":"Three critically injured in two-vehicle crash at Lindis Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been critically injured after a two-vehicle crash on the Lindis Pass which closed a section of State Highway 8 this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene, between Lindis Pass-Tarras Rd and Birchwood Rd, at around 7.40am.  <\/p>\n<p>St John responded with four ambulances, a first response unit, a PRIME vehicle and one manager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our crews have assessed and treated three patients who have all been transported to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The section was closed in both directions and &#8220;the road will remain closed for several hours&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists should avoid travel if possible, or expect significant delays.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been critically injured after a two-vehicle crash on the Lindis Pass which closed a section&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,158,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-576651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576651","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=576651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}