Emergency services responded to the two-vehicle crash on Milton Highway near Benhar Road, around 5.30pm.

The road is now closed, till further notice.

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04 Jun: Three people are injured - one seriously - after a bus crash on Mossburn Five Rivers Road, between Invercargill and Queenstown

04 Jun: Queenstown Police want to hear from a victim of an assault at a taxi rank near Searle Lane and Camp Street last month

02 Jun: A bull is hoofing around Invercargill - for a second consecutive day

30 May: A man has blown five times the legal alcohol limit while driving to Invercargill from Christchurch

27 May: Southland have lost one of their co-coaches two months out from the NPC rugby season

23 May: One person's died as a vehicle crashed into garage and then caught fire in Tapanui, south of Otago's Roxburgh

22 May: An oil spill drill is being rehearsed in Dunedin's upper harbour today

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