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Police name five-month-old girl and man, 22, who died in four-car crash near Invercargill

September 4, 2020

A New Zealand Police vehicle with a road block in place (file image). (Source: 1 NEWS)

A five-month-old baby has been named as one of the victims of a serious crash near Invercargill on Wednesday afternoon.

Matthew Dale Harris, 22, and Ruby Jane Harris, five months old, both died in the four-car crash near Makarewa.

Four other people were injured in the crash, with a teenager taken to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition.

The other three suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said on Wednesday.

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