10:00 AM UPDATE
Police have opened one south-bound lane on Auckland's southern motorway following a fatal accident early this morning.
All lanes were closed when one woman was killed and another hospitalised after their car hit another vehicle and then collided with an overbridge near Ellerslie-Penrose around 2.20 am.
A third occupant suffered minor injuries.
The occupants of the other vehicle escaped injury.
South-bound traffic was being diverted at Tecoma St until police opened the single lane at 9.40 this morning.
North-bound traffic is unaffected.
Southern motorway reopens
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