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An oil spill stretching 5 kilometres from Gibbston Valley through to Lake Hayes has caused chaos on roads near Queenstown

13 April 2021

Police have attended four crashes on State Highway 6 this evening

.One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a truck rolled.

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