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One person dead after collision with logging truck near Matamata

December 20, 2017
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One person has died after a car collided with a logging truck at Karapiro in the Matamata-Piako district.

The crash happened at 4.50am on State Highway 29 about three kilometres from SH1. 

Emergency services are in attendance and SH29 is closed.

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