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A serious crash on State Highway 1 in Otago has resulted in three people being seriously injured. The incident, involving a car and a van, occurred near Waihola on Thursday afternoon. Emergency services responded to the scene, and the highway was closed between Surrey Bay Road and Lake Road. Five people were injured in total, with three in serious condition and two in moderate condition.
In a separate incident, a 10-year-old girl died and a woman was seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Bass Highway in Tasmania's north-west. The crash involved a Subaru and a Toyota Hilux ute. The road was closed for over four hours as emergency services attended to the scene and conducted an investigation.
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