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Three injured after campervan rolls in New Year s Eve crash in Waitaki, Otago
31 Dec, 2020 01:32 AM
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Emergency services rushed to the crash scene just after 2pm.
Three people are injured after a campervan rolled in a New Year s Eve accident in North Otago.
Emergency services were called to the one-vehicle accident at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Seven Mile Rd in the Waitaki District, around 18km north of Oamaru, just after 2pm today.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) southern communications spokesman confirmed that a campervan had rolled.
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Nobody was trapped in the vehicle, the Fenz spokesman said.
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