Police can now confirm that one person has died at the scene of an incident involving a truck in Closeburn near Queenstown.
Another person was also trapped with critical injuries and is being transported to Dunedin Hospital via helicopter.
There is a scene guard in place.
Police are still informing next of kin and as such there is no information on the identities of those involved.
WorkSafe will be notified.
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Issued by Police Media Centre