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A woman has been critically injured after a car hit her in a small town near Whakatāne.
She was flown to hospital after the collision on Tāneatua’s Grace Rd.
Police have closed a section of the road to allow their Serious Crash Unit to examine the scene.
The incident wasreported to police at 12.15pm on Monday.
Fifteen people have died on New Zealand roads over the Christmas holiday period as of New Year’s Day.
But police said despite crashes on our roads being the leading cause of death, the 340 road-related deaths in 2023 were down 34 from last year.
The holiday toll period started on December 22 at 4pm and officially ends at 6am on January 3.
Police have named Pāpāmoa man Brayden Tawa, 27, Hamilton woman Louise Quinn, and Aucklander Wenxuan Li, 22, among those who tragically lost their lives in fatal crashes during the holidays.
Tawa was killed in a crash between a car and a truck at the intersection of Aerodrome Rd and Hewletts Rd/State Highway 2, Mount Mauganui, on December 27.
Police said Tawa was the front-seat passenger of the car, and the driver and a back-seat passenger survived the crash with minor injuries, as did the driver of the truck.
Brayden Tawa died in a crash between a car and a truck at Mount Maunganui.
