One killed in Coromandel Peninsula crash

  • 19/05/2018
One killed in Coromandel Peninsula crash
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One person has been killed and three others injured after a crash on the Coromandel Peninsula on Saturday afternoon.

Police originally reported three people were trapped after the two-car crash on Kopu-Hikuai Rd, at around 3:15pm.

A spokesperson for St John says one person died at the scene and another two are seriously injured. A fourth person has moderate injuries.

Two rescue helicopters are at the scene and will take the patients to hospital.

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