Sunday, 12 August 2012 - 11:31am |
National News

Young woman killed in West Coast road accident

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Police are today investigating the cause of an accident on State Highway 7 near Ngahere on the West Coast of the South Island in which an 18 year old woman died.

Police were alerted to the accident about 4.30am today by a passing motorist.

The woman was the sole occupant of the vehicle and it does not appear that any other vehicles were involved in the accident. She died at the scene.

Serious Crash Investigators are at the scene. One lane of the road is now open.

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