The crash happened on Lower Buller Gorge Road between Heaphy's Road and Bucklands Peak Road about 6.15pm.

The road will be closed for several hours and there's no alternative route.

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13 May: A general pathologist who conducted the autopsy on three-year-old Lachlan Jones told the Coronial inquest they concluded the boy drowned by excluding other causes of death

04 May: A scene examination is being carried out in Timaru after a person was seriously injured at a residence on Coonoor Street

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04 May: Emergency services are responding to reports of a crash on a rural property near Gore in Southland

04 May: A 60-minute performance is the aim of the Southern Steel against the Northern Stars in this afternoon's ANZ Premiership netball clash in Invercargill

02 May: A neighbour who helped search for three-year-old Lachlan Jones has told an Invercargill Coroner's inquest, she trusts his mother's version of events

27 Apr: Five people have been rescued, after getting lost on the Makarewa Falls track, in Southland's Hokonui Hills

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