State Highway 30 shut near Whakatāne following crash

Source: Radio New Zealand

RNZ/Reece Baker

A two-vehicle crash has closed a section of State Highway 30 in the Bay of Plenty. RNZ / REECE BAKER

State Highway 30, inland from Whakatāne, is shut following a serious crash on Saturday evening.

Police were called to the two-vehicle crash near the Kawerau Road intersection, close to the township of Te Teko, just before 5pm.

They said it appeared people have been seriously injured and the road was expected to be blocked for some time.

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