Emergency services were called to where State Highway Two intersects at Mangatawhiri with Pinnacle Hill Road, just after 2.30.

The road's closed between Avon and Koheroa roads.

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29 Oct: Silver Ferns interim head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie isn't surprised at the lack of close scores in this year's Constellation Cup netball series

29 Oct: Police in Gisborne appear to have hit a roadblock - a month into investigating the death of Bill Maangi on September 29

29 Oct: Otago Police are seeking information after a Port Chalmers home was damaged by an air rifle

29 Oct: The Black Caps have been dealt an injury blow for today's second ODI against England in Hamilton

29 Oct: Dunedin Police are appealing for information, after an assault in Green Island earlier this month

29 Oct: Former Tactix coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek believes defensive pressure is the key to a Silver Ferns win in tonight's final Constellation Cup netball test in Christchurch

29 Oct: A motorbike, power tools and more than nine thousand dollars in cash have been seized in Christchurch, to cover a person's unpaid fines

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