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Occupants scarper after Whanganui crash

Laurel Stowell
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14 Jul, 2019 01:51 AMQuick Read

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Police and a driver manoeuvre a crashed car onto a towtruck. 13 July 2019 Whanganui Chronicle Photograph by Lewis Gardner

Police and a driver manoeuvre a crashed car onto a towtruck. 13 July 2019 Whanganui Chronicle Photograph by Lewis Gardner

The occupants of a car which overshot an intersection and mounted a grass verge near railway tracks in Whanganui's Heads Rd were gone by the time police arrived.

The accident happened around 12pm on Saturday. The car had gone through the Abbott St/Heads Rd intersection, Whanganui Sergeant Kevin Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved.

The accident is being investigated.

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