Seven people were killed in six crashes in the Wanganui area during 2011, one fewer fatality than the year before. Figures obtained via the Whanganui Police show four men and three women were killed in the six crashes, of which two occurred in Wanganui, three in Marton and one in Hunterville (State Highway 1). Four of the people killed were over...
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