One dead, two critically hurt after two-vehicle crash near Matamata

8:05 pm today
RNZ/Reece Baker

Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

One person has died and two people have been critically injured following a crash north of Matamata on Saturday.

Police said the crash involved two vehicles, and happened at the intersection of Waharoa Road East and Pohlen Road shortly before 5:25pm.

The Serious Crash Unit are in attendance and the road remains closed.

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