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Auckland highway closes for several hours after horror crash west of the city

August 5, 2018

Two cars were involved in a head-on collision on a notorious stretch of State Highway Sixteen where there's no median barrier and the speed limit is one hundred kilometres an hour. (Source: Other)

An Auckland highway was closed for several hours after a horror crash west of the city.

Two cars collided head-on on a notorious stretch of State Highway 16, where there's no median barrier and the speed limit is 100km.

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