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.
Eastland Port open for business again over the weekend after stormy weather.