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      Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    A grim 24 hours on Canterbury roads

    A grim 24 hours on Canterbury roads


    Two people have died overnight as a result of separate crashes last night - one in the Christchurch suburb of Richmond, and the other on the Christchurch to Akaroa road.

    As well, one person died after a crash on Parnassus Road - just outside Cheviot - yesterday afternoon.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Accident and Emergency News
     23 Jan: A motorcyclist has died after colliding into the back of a traffic attenuator truck, moments after Police spotted them speeding on Auckland's Southern Motorway last night
     23 Jan: Destruction and tragedy have come in the wake of slips caused by record rainfall in the upper North Island
     23 Jan: Several people including children are still missing after the landslide at Mount Maunganui - where search teams have been working through the night
     22 Jan: Two bodies have been found at a house on Papamoa's Welcome Bay Road - after a large landslide caused extensive damage early this morning
     22 Jan: Bay of Plenty's State Highway 5 is blocked, near Waipunga - where a truck's rolled and spilled gravel over the road
     22 Jan: A large slip at Mt Maunganui's Mauao has hit the campsite at the hill's base
     22 Jan: Two people are unaccounted for and another is badly injured after a landslide at a house in Papamoa
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