Update: 5:38pm Police advise the road has been reopened.

Update: 11am, Police have advised the road is closed again.

Gorge Road Invercargill Highway has been closed again this morning to allow the Serious Crash Unit to examine the scene of a crash from earlier today.

The road is expected to remain closed for the next few hours and diversions
are in place.

Update: Road reopens – Gorge Road Invercargill Highway – Southern

Gorge Road Invercargill Highway has reopened following a crash earlier today.

The driver – the sole occupant of the car – was transported by helicopter to
Dunedin Hospital with critical injuries.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are under way.

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on Gorge Road Invercargill Highway,

The single-vehicle crash occurred at around 6.15am.

One person reportedly has serious injuries.

The westbound lane is blocked and diversions are in place at Kapuka North
Road and Seaward Downs Road.

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