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      Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Two people have died in separate crashes on North Island roads overnight

    Two people have died in separate crashes on North Island roads overnight


    Police were called to a single-vehicle crash on Convent Road, Otaki in the Wellington region at around quarter past one when a car went off the road.

    One man died at the scene and two others were taken to hospital in moderate conditions.

    Around 4.30am police were called to a crash on Willowbank Road in Napier after a car crashed into a pole.

    The sole occupant died at the scene.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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