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Person critically injured after car crashes into fence in Whangarei

December 31, 2017
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One person is in a critical condition after a car was driven into a fence in Whangarei.

St John Ambulance say the victim has been transported to Whangarei Base Hospital after the accident in Kensington.

To other people were left uninjured.

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