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Two dead after truck collides with car near Oamaru

13:21 pm on 29 January 2024

File photo. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Two people have died after a truck collided with a car on SH1 near Oamaru, in the Waitaki District.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Oamaru-Alma Road near Browns Road at Alma about 9am this morning.

The road was closed with diversions in place, said police.