Crash kills two

Two people are dead after a serious crash on State Highway 1 near Dunedin yesterday. The two-car crash near Waihola at 9.15am also left two people seriously injured and one person with moderate injuries, police said. A spokeswoman for St John said two patients in a critical condition were taken by helicopter from the scene to Dunedin Hospital. Another patient in a serious condition was taken by road to Dunedin Hospital. The crash happened just south of Waihola, a small township about 40 kilometres south of Dunedin.