Two people taken to hospital after incident in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland

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Two people have been injured and taken to hospital following an incident in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu.

Auckland Transport says the section of Avenue Road, between Atkinson Avenue and Church Street, has been closed.

One patient was seriously injured and another was moderately injured, St John ambulance said.

Both have been taken to Middlemore Hospital.

RNZ