One person is dead after a car and truck collided in the West Coast of the South Island this afternoon.
The crash happened about 1pm on State Highway 65 near Maruia, 66km southwest of Murchison, a police spokeswoman said.
One person died at the scene and another was flown to Christchurch hospital with non-life threatening injuries, she said.
Emergency services were still at the scene.
- NZPA
One dead after West Coast crash
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