It happened on Carters Road - with State Highway One now shut to northbound traffic, between Douglas Road and Bank Street.

St John, say two people are in hospital.

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06 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon

05 Dec: West Indies batter Shai Hope has reached his century, late on day four of the first cricket test against New Zealand in Christchurch

05 Dec: A fun activity at a Christchurch daycare went horrifically wrong today - after a misidentified corrosive substance ended up on a water slide

05 Dec: Four West Indian wickets have fallen so far in the second session, on day four of the opening cricket test against New Zealand in Christchurch

05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry

05 Dec: Another arrest in Christchurch - as Police ramp up efforts to tackle a youth crime wave

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