Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a crash between a car and a tourist bus near Queenstown left one person dead and 10 injured yesterday.
A passenger in the car died after the two vehicles collided about 7.20am on State Highway 6, about 5km south of Kingston.
The Otago Daily Times reported the driver of the car was passing a truck when the collision happened.
A St John spokesman said one patient had suffered critical injuries and there were three moderate and six minor injuries. The patient with critical injuries, believed to be the driver of the car, was transported to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter.
Otago Lakes-Central area commander Inspector Olaf Jensen said the car was heading north when it and a bus heading south collided.
