One person has died and four others were taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Whanganui on Wednesday night, RNZ reports. Police were called at about 10.20pm to the junction of Tayforth Road and Francis Road in the suburb of Westmere, where one person was found dead.
The four other people in the vehicle were taken to hospital. Police said two of them were in a critical condition and two in a moderate condition. Tayforth Road was closed overnight while the Serious Crash Unit examined the scene, and it reopened at around 4am on Thursday. Police said their inquiries into what caused the crash were continuing, and no further details had been released.
Source: RNZ
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