A person has died after a truck-and-car crash on the Desert Rd, State Highway 1, this morning.
The road had been closed for several hours for investigation and vehicle recovery but has now been reopened.
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A truck and car collided on SH1 in an area on the road called The Three Sisters.
St John said it sent two vehicles to the crash and a paramedic treated the driver of the car, who later died at the scene