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Person dies after serious crash in Palmerston North

20:58 pm on 12 December 2025

Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

A person has died after a serious crash in Palmerston North on Friday.

Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash on Fitzherbert East Road, State Highway 56 around 12.30pm.

The road was closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducted a scene examination.

The road had since reopened.

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