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Road open after serious crash closes SH10 near Kāeo
19 Feb, 2021 12:38 AM
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St John paramedics are attending a serious single vehicle crash on SH10, south of Kāeo. Photo / File
Northern Advocate
A recently closed section of State Highway 10 has re-opened following a serious crash around 10km south of Kāeo.
Two people in a serious condition have been airlifted to Whangārei Hospital and a third person in critical condition airlifted to Auckland City Hospital after a single vehicle crash on the Twin Coast Discovery Highway at 1.17pm today.
Two Northland Rescue Helicopters and a Westpac Helicopter from Auckland were called to the scene alongside two St John ambulances and a Rapid First Response Unit, a St John spokeswoman said.
Three people seriously hurt in Northland crash south of Kāeo
19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Police divert drivers through George St in Hikurangi on January 1 after a head-on crash claimed the first life lost on Northland s roads. Photo / Imran Ali
Northern Advocate
Three people were seriously injured in a single vehicle crash on State Highway 10 in Northland around 10km south of Kāeo yesterday.
Two people in a serious condition were airlifted to Whangārei Hospital and a third person in critical condition airlifted to Auckland City Hospital after the crash on the Twin Coast Discovery Highway at 1.17pm yesterday.
Auckland is at alert level 3, asking residents must stay at home and only leave for essential work and travel.
The rest of the country is at alert level 2, in which schools remain open but gatherings must not exceed 100 people.
Police checkpoints were set up overnight on Sunday to stop non-essential travel out of the city. Eight checkpoints on the outskirts of Auckland will be stopping vehicles and questioning drivers, ensuring there is no non-essential movement through the region, a police spokesperson said on Monday. From midnight [Sunday], anyone attempting to travel across the regional boundaries should expect to be stopped and asked for proof of essential travel.
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Police say they are moving three checkpoints north of Auckland back to where the legal boundary sits which was used during the last lockdown.
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Residents of the Northland town of Mangawhai Heads had a day of absolute confusion as to which alert level they were in.
The Health Order to implement the alert level changes and the official government Covid-19 website showed maps with the town outside of the Auckland area.
However, police checkpoints had been set up to encompass the town within the Auckland zone.