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A motorcyclist was killed following a collision with a four-wheel-drive vehicle on State Highway 99, in Southland today.
Senior Sergeant Bruce Terry, of Winton, said investigations were still continuing as to how the accident happened, on a broad sweeping bend near the intersection with Pahia-Wakapatu Rd, south of Orepuki, 69km northwest of Invercargill.
Weather conditions in the area were windy and rainy, Mr Terry said.
The accident happened just after 11.45am.
The male motorbike rider died at the scene.
A woman with minor facial injuries travelling with two others in the four-wheel-drive was taken to Southland Hospital.
- NZPA
