One person has died following a crash on State Highway
43, also known as The Forgotten Highway.
At around
8.40am on Tuesday 20 February Police were alerted to a
vehicle submerged in a waterway beside State Highway 43, in
Tangarakau Gorge. Attending Police established that a person
was in the vehicle, deceased.
The formal
identification process is underway.
The Serious Crash
Unit has completed a scene examination, and enquiries into
the circumstances of the crash are
ongoing.
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