{"id":584492,"date":"2026-08-30T01:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584492\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T01:22:10","slug":"one-person-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash-in-waitaki-sh85-closed-while-serious-crash-unit-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584492\/","title":{"rendered":"One person dies in single-vehicle crash in Waitaki; SH85 closed while Serious Crash Unit investigate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe road remains closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducts a scene examination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Police earlier indicated the crash was serious, with injuries apparent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">According to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), SH85 has been closed between the townships of Waynes and Kyeburn, where it intersects with SH87.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cNothbound detour via Macraes Rd, Hyde-Macraes Rd and SH87,\u201d NZTA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cReverse for southbound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Motorists are being advised to follow an alternative route and expect delays on their journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" 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 to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe road remains closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducts a scene examination.\u201d Police earlier indicated the crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5201,3549,6179,7126,7557,5504,78,676,3096,111,43,139,69,5270,4056,1238,287682,78117,1240,8443,164281,6123],"class_list":["post-584492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-closed","tag-crash","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-district","tag-following","tag-in","tag-investigate","tag-islands","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-person","tag-serious","tag-sh85","tag-singlevehicle","tag-south","tag-unit","tag-waitaki","tag-while"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584492","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=584492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}