One dead after Otago farm crash, one in critical condition after car fire
Photo:
RNZ
One person has died, after a crash on an Otago farm, and another has been critically injured, after a car fire in Otago.
Police said one person died at the scene of a crash on a farm near Millers Flat in Central Otago, about 10:30pm Thursday.
Three other people had minor to moderate injuries and were taken to hospital.
Police are investigating what happened.
Meanwhile, another person was flown to hospital in a critical condition, after the car fire at Karitane, north of Dunedin.
Emergency services were called to the blaze on Coast Road, shortly after 6am Friday.
A St John ambulance spokesperson said crews - including a helicopter - responded and one critically injured patient was flown to Dunedin Hospital.
Fire and Emergency shift manager Lyn Crosson said the car was 'well alight' when firefighters from Waikouaiti arrived.
"We didn't have to remove anyone from the car," Crosson said.
Police said they were making enquiries and that the fire did not appear to be suspicious.
Emergency services have also been kept busy
in Tasman
, where three people have been critically injured in two different car crashes, on Thursday.
Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter
curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
RNZ News
an hour ago
- RNZ News
Search launched for diver missing from Lowry Bay in Wellington
A search is underway for a diving missing in Lowry Bay. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A search is on for a diver missing in Lowry Bay in Wellington. Police said in a statement they were called to the Lower Hutt beach about 11am, after the diver failed to surface when they were due to. The Police National Dive Squad has been called out and will carry out a search of the area shortly. More to come... Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
2 hours ago
- RNZ News
Baby rushed to hospital with serious injuries in Auckland
The baby was taken to Middlemore Hospital. Photo: LDR / Jarred Williamson Police are investigating after a two-month-old baby was taken to hospital with serious injuries in Auckland overnight. The child remains in Ōtāhuhu's Middlemore hospital and is being treated. Acting Detective Inspector Veronica McPherson of Counties Manukau CIB said police were looking into what happened. "Police are continuing to make inquiries into the circumstances of how the baby came to be injured," she said. It's the second incident involving a child in Auckland over the past week after a toddler was found in a suitcase in the luggage compartment of a bus travelling from Whangarei to Auckland on Sunday. A 27-year-old woman has appeared in North Shore District Court charged with ill-treating a child .
RNZ News
3 hours ago
- RNZ News
Baby rushed to hospital with serious injures in Auckland
The baby was taken to Middlemore Hospital. Photo: LDR / Jarred Williamson Police are investigating after a two-month-old baby was taken to hospital with serious injuries in Auckland overnight. The child remains in Ōtāhuhu's Middlemore hospital and is being treated. Acting Detective Inspector Veronica McPherson of Counties Manukau CIB said police were looking into what happened. "Police are continuing to make inquiries into the circumstances of how the baby came to be injured," she said. It's the second incident involving a child in Auckland over the past week after a toddler was found in a suitcase in the luggage compartment of a bus travelling from Whangarei to Auckland on Sunday. A 27-year-old woman has appeared in North Shore District Court charged with ill-treating a child .
