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Emergency services attend at least three crashes near Rotorua

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A crfash victim is being cut from a vehicle south of Rotorua. Photo / File

A crfash victim is being cut from a vehicle south of Rotorua. Photo / File

Icy conditions have contributed to at least one crash in the Rotorua area this morning.

Heavy frost left the roads icy this morning as temperatures plummeted to -1C.

Police blamed ice for a car coming off the road at 5.30am on State Highway 5, south of Rotorua. No one was injured.

Meanwhile, State Highway 5 north of Rotorua is closed after a truck and van collided on the Rotorua side of Fitzgerald Glade shortly before 9am.

A police spokeswoman said the truck was lying across the road.

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The truck driver had moderate injuries but the condition of the person in the van was not known.

A fire spokesman said crews were cutting one person free from the crash and cleaning up spilled diesel.

SH5 FITZGERALD GLADE, ROAD OPEN - 1.55PM FINAL UPDATE The road has fully re-opened and stop/go traffic management in...

Posted by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Waikato BoP on Tuesday, 26 June 2018

One lane of the road had reopened when a second crash occurred, at 9.50am, nearby on SH5, involving two cars and leaving three people with moderate injuries.

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Meanwhile, two cars crashed on State Highway 30 in Tikitere between Curtis Rd and Lake Okataina this morning about 6.55am.

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