Category: New Zealand Police

Drivers should expect delays on Temuka-Orari Highway (SH1) at Winchester, Timaru this morning after a collision involving a train and a car.

Emergency services were called to the scene at Reilly Rd just after 6am.

Local diversions are in place.

Drivers are asked to be patient while the scene is cleared.

There were no injuries reported.

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Waikato

Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Ross Patterson, Area Manager: Investigations, Waikato Western Police:

Huntly Police are appealing for information about a driver who fled from Police on the early hours of Saturday, 3 March.

Just after midnight  a Mazda 323 fled from Police between Horotiu and Huntly before the pursuit was abandoned near the Tainui Bridge in Huntly, where the driver jumped into the river.

The driver was seen swimming north in the river before disappearing from view.

Southern

Police can confirm that a man has died following a two-vehicle crash on Bay Rd, Invercargill.

Emergency services were called to the scene just before 8.30pm last night.

A woman from the same vehicle was taken to Southland Hospital and is in a stable condition.

Another man from the other vehicle was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The Serious Crash Unit will investigate the cause of the crash.

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Auckland City

Auckland City, Waitemata and Counties Manukau Police are joining forces to host a public Open Day at the ASB Showgrounds this Sunday.

The Open Day will have something for everyone, according to Assistant Commissioner (Districts) John Tims.

“All three police districts in Tamaki Makaurau have come together to host this Open Day and it will have a range of activities showcasing the diverse roles and teams within Police.

Eastern

Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Marty James: 
 
Hawke’s Bay Police are investigating the death of a man overnight in Flaxmere. 
 
Emergency services were called to the Flax Bar and Eatery (also known as the Flaxmere Tavern) on Swansea Road at 10.45pm last night, after a man was found outside the tavern with serious injuries. 
 
The man was unresponsive when emergency services arrived and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. 
 
Due to the nature of the man’s injuries, Police are treating the man’s death as a homicide. 
 

Southern

Police and emergency services are at the scene of a two car collision on Bay Road Invercargill, which occurred around 8.30pm this evening.

The road will be closed between Cunningham Street and West Plains School Road, while the Serious Crash Unit investigate.

Motorists are asked to avoid the area while the scene is assessed.

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Canterbury

Police and emergency services are now free from the crash which occurred at 2.30pm on SH1 Temuka-Orari Highway in South Canterbury.

Two cars were involved in a collision.  

It can now be confirmed that one person died at the scene.

Another person suffered moderate injuries and was airlifted to hospital while another two people suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

Police will continue to investigate the cause of the crash and no more information will be released until all next of kin have been advised.

A slip is blocking both lanes of SH2 (Waiotahe Beach Rd), Waiotahe, Opotiki.

The slip has closed the highway between Parkinson Rd and Pohutukawa Drive.

There are diversions in place along Paerata Ridge Rd and Verrall Rd.

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