Canterbury crash kills two

Two people died after a two-vehicle crash north of Timaru yesterday afternoon. The crash occurred shortly after 3.30pm at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Looker Rd. Two people died at the scene and a third person was flown to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries. A witness described seeing a black Holden saloon and a red double-cab ute, the latter so badly damaged he “couldn’t even tell the make of it — that’s how bad it was”. He said a smoking car engine had flown into the middle of the road after the crash. Meanwhile, a man was found dead on The Concourse, Henderson in West Auckland last night. Police would like to hear from witnesses but no further details were available.