Man charged over fatal Dunedin crash

4:32 pm on 2 February 2026
Dunedin High and District Court

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

A 24-year-old man has appeared in the Dunedin District Court over a crash that killed one person and seriously injured another near the city on Friday night.

Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Wickliffe Road in Port Chalmers shortly after 9pm.

One person died at the scene and two others were hurt, one seriously and one with minor injuries.

The man faces charges of driving dangerously causing death and failing to stop to ascertain injury or death after crash.

The investigation is ongoing.

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