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Passenger killed in Otira truck crash

New Zealand Police

Sunday 22 April 2012, 5:22PM

By New Zealand Police

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One person has died and two others are injured after a truck crashed on the Otira Gorge road about 12.30pm today.

The driver of the truck and one passenger have been flown to Christchurch Hospital by helicopter.

The truck was enroute to the West Coast from Christchurch when the accident happened 1km west of the Otira Viaduct.