26 Apr 2014

Three die in Southland crash

6:02 am on 26 April 2014

Three men died in Southland after the ute they were travelling in crashed into a concrete road bridge near the rural township of Waikaia just before midnight.

The ute left the Riversdale-Waikaia Road and struck the edge of a bridge.

All three men were dead when emergency services arrived. Police said two were in their late 30s and one was in his late 50s.