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Police attend a car accident Thursday on Waimea Rd.
One person was rushed to hospital in critical condition after a car accident on Waimea Rd in Nelson.
A police spokeswoman said the accident was reported at 1.50 p.m. after a car ran off the road and crashed into a bench in front of the SPCA.
It was unknown how many occupants were in the vehicle at the time.
St John’s spokesman Gerard Campbell said a patient had been transferred from the scene to Nelson Hospital in critical condition.
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Fire and Emergency NZ had also been called to the scene.
The highway was closed until 3 p.m. Thursday with detours in place.
Police were investigating the circumstances of the accident.
Earlier Thursday morning there was a two-car collision in the southbound lane of Waimea Rd.
No one was injured in the accident, which occurred between Tukuka St and Boundary Rd at around 7.40 a.m.
