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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Road toll rising: Tragic loss after fatal crash in Christchurch
30 Dec, 2020 06:43 PM
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One person has died and others injured after a crash on Russley Road in Christchurch last night.
Police were called to the serious single-vehicle crash on in Harewood at 10.45pm.
Passers by had stopped to help before emergency services arrived and spoke about the carnage on social media.
Tributes are also being paid to the person who died, believed to be a young father.
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The road was blocked and closed but has since reopened.
People who knew the victim paid tribute on a Christchurch news Facebook page.
Loving grandparents killed in Southland motorcycle collision with truck
30 Dec, 2020 05:13 PM
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Otago Daily Times
The couple killed in a crash this week have been described as loving grandparents and hardworking Southlanders.
Kareen and Jim Malcolm, of Invercargill, died after their motorcycle and a milk tanker collided on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway (State Highway 99), between Taramoa Rd and Price Rd, on Monday.
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Emergency services at the scene of the tragic crash near the Oreti River Bridge. Photo / Luisa Girao
She described Kareen as patient and a very mum-like person .
Jim was hard-working, strong-minded and loved his family.