31 May 2025

Two critically injured in Port Waikato crash

8:49 am on 31 May 2025
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Three people were injured in the crash, two critically. Photo: Supplied / St John Ambulance

Three people were taken to hospital, two in a critical condition, after a crash in Port Waikato on Friday evening.

St John said three ambulances were called to a single-vehicle crash on the Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road about 6pm.

A spokesperson said two people suffered critical injures and a third was seriously injured.

It followed an earlier crash in Canterbury about 2.45pm on Friday in which one person died.

That crash involved a truck and two cars at the intersection of Dawson and Newton roads in Templeton.

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