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Police have confirmed two fatalities after separate crashes in Hawke’s Bay.
Two people have died in separate crashes within 12 hours in the wider Hawke’s Bay area.
The first fatality was when two motorcycles crashed on a rural road between Dannevirke and Woodville just before 2.30pm on Thursday, and the second was a single-vehicle crash near Waiohiki about 2.20am Friday.
Police
said Thursday’s crash happened at the intersection of Gaisford and Oringi roads, east of State Highway in the Kumeroa and Papatawa area, in the Tararua District.
One person died at the scene, a second person sustained moderate injuries, police said.
Friday morning’s crash was on Korokipo Rd (State Highway 50), closing a section between Links and Omarunui roads for about four hours.




