18 Nov 2022

One dead in crash near Methven in Canterbury

6:21 pm on 18 November 2022
Close up of a St John ambulance on a residential street.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash near Methven in Canterbury.

The crash happened at 2pm today and has closed State Highway 77 at the intersection of Mount Hutt Station Road.

People are being urged to take an alternative route south of the Rakaia Bridge.