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Two dead after single-vehicle crash in Timaru

December 30, 2022

Two people have died after a single-vehicle crash in Timaru last night.

Police were notified of the crash on Evans St about 7.45pm.

Two people died at the scene.

Police said inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

Two people also died after a crash in Marlborough's Wairau Valley earlier yesterday evening.

The latest deaths bring the provisional road toll for the Christmas holiday period to eight.

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