A person is dead and three others were seriously injured in a crash in Ashburton overnight.
Emergency services were called to the single-car crash on Wakanui Rd about 3am, police said.
One person died at the scene and three others suffered serious to moderate injuries.
A property on nearby Rapley St was badly damaged when the vehicle smashed through two pine trees and the front-yard fence.
Resident Steve Allen told Stuff: "It was like an explosion. The only thing that saved the house was the tree. Otherwise, it would have continued shooting right through.
