State Highway One (The Bluff Highway) will be closed this morning following a fatal crash last night near the Waimatua Creek Bridge.
Emergency services were alerted at around 10:25pm of a car in ditch on SH1, Woodend, Invercargill.
One person died at the scene.
The road will be closed while the Serious Crash Unit examine the scene this morning.
Motorists are asked to avoid the area, we thank motorists in advance for their patience.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
Detour route: If traveling southbound turn left onto Avon Road, then right onto Boundary Road, turn right again onto Motu Rimu Road, then left back onto State Highway Reverse for northbound.