Police have confirmed one person died following a single-vehicle crash on Reed St in Oamaru last night. Photo / File
One person has died following a single-vehicle crash in North Otago last night.
The person was the sole occupant of the car which collided with a tree in Oamaru.
The crash on Reed St, in the town's central residential area, was reported to police about 9.15pm.
Police inquiries into the crash are ongoing.
Earlier this week a four-vehicle crash near Invercargill killed a father and his baby daughter.
Matthew Dale Harris, 22, and Ruby Jane Harris, aged 5 months, died after the crash on the Winton-Lorneville Highway (State Highway 6) on September 2.
A teenager was in a critical condition in Dunedin Hospital following the crash, while three other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The road was closed while emergency services spent the day investigating the scene, located about 150m north of the Makarewa Bridge.
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