A tanker carrying blood has crashed in the Manawatu Gorge, causing the road to be closed.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 8.15pm, and found the tanker had gone through a crash barrier.
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"The nose of the truck is pointing down towards the river," Inspector Ken Climo of police communications said.
He believed the tanker had not been ruptured and he was not sure what kind of blood was being carried.