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A stretch of State Highway 3 north of New Plymouth has been reopened after a three-car crash left one dead and two badly injured last night.
The accident at Mangorei, 6km southeast of downtown New Plymouth, occurred about 9.50pm.
Team leader Stacey Robinson of the police central communications centre said one person was dead at the scene and two others taken to New Plymouth Hospital in a critical condition.
- NZPA
