A person is dead after two cars crashed and one caught fire near Palmerston North today.
Emergency services were called to the crash on State-Highway 3, mid-way between Palmerston North and Sanson, at 2.04pm.
Police said in a statement said a four-wheel drive vehicle had collided head-on with a car.
The sole occupant of the car died as a result his injuries and two occupants of the other vehicles suffered serious injuries.
Fire Service central communications shift manager Carlos Dempsey said one of the vehicles had caught fire in the crash.
