One man is dead and three others injured following a car crash on State Highway 6 in Marlborough.
Police were alerted to the single-vehicle crash near Kaituna-Tuamarina Rd at about 10.45pm on Friday.
Emergency services found the car, which was carrying four passengers, in a paddock.
A St John spokesperson said three patients were taken to Wairau Hospital in Blenheim.
A police spokeswoman said on Friday night that initial reports from St John Ambulance indicated that a person may have been unconscious or not breathing.