Sunday, 25 June 2017 - 4:27pm |
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Southern Police responding to Middlemarch plane crash

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Southern Police are responding to an incident at Welshman’s Creek, northeast of Middlemarch, where a small plane has crashed.

One person has serious injuries.

Emergency services initially received a report of an overdue aircraft shortly after 2:00pm, Sunday 25 June, 2017. 

Two helicopters searched the area and at approximately 4pm the plane was found between Taieri and Omarama.

While emergency services are working to get to the scene, no further information is available at this time. 

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