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Two people are dead after a car hit a pole on State Highway 56 in the Himatangi area, near Palmerston North early today.
Inspector James Taare said two of the three occupants in the car died at the scene.
Police had closed off the road and the serious crash unit was investigating the cause of the crash, he said.
The condition of the third victim was not known.
- NZPA
