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The Riverton-Wallacetown highway has been closed while emergency services attend to an accident.
Police and fire and emergency services were called into a two-vehicle accident on the Riverton-Wallacetown highway.
A police spokesman said the accident occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, between the Taramoa and Price highways.
It is understood that the accident occurred near the Iron Bridge.
A Fire & Emergency spokesperson said the response was led by police and that St John was also at the scene.
Some parts of the highway have been closed to traffic and the accumulation is being diverted.
A spokesman for St John said a patient was being airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in critical condition.
The helicopter took off from the crash site shortly after 3 p.m., the spokesman said.
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