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Witnesses sought after fatal Bluff Highway crash

By 1News Reporters
February 14, 2024
A file image of a police car.

A file image of a police car. (Source: 1News)

Witnesses are being sought by police investigating a car crash that killed one near Invercargill on Monday.

Police were called to part of Bluff Highway in Greenville at around 12.30pm, where the single-vehicle crash took place.

Now, police want to speak to anyone who might have witnessed the crash.

They are also asking for sightings of a grey Ford Ranger ute with a flat deck and roll bars travelling north, from Bluff towards Invercargill, between 12pm and 12.20pm on Monday.

Anyone with information was being asked to call 105.

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