懷魯嚴(yán)重車禍，兒童死亡，6人受傷

懷魯嚴(yán)重車禍，兒童死亡，6人受傷

One person has died following a serious three-car accident on State Highway 1 in the Ruapehu District's Waiouru Military Area.

魯阿佩胡地區(qū)懷魯軍區(qū)1號(hào)國(guó)道發(fā)生一起嚴(yán)重的三車相撞事故，造成一人死亡。

St John has confirmed another six people have suffered injuries, three serious and three moderate.

圣約翰醫(yī)院證實(shí)另有6人受傷，其中3人傷勢(shì)嚴(yán)重，3人傷勢(shì)中等。

Police say emergency services were called to the crash around 11:45am on Thursday.

警方表示，事故發(fā)生在周四上午11:45左右，緊急救援人員接警后迅速趕到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。

Initial reports were that multiple people, including a child, had suffered injuries.

最初的報(bào)道稱，包括一名兒童在內(nèi)的多人受傷。

At least two people were trapped in the wreckage and a vehicle's window had to be smashed for them to be rescued.

至少有兩人被困，必須砸碎一輛汽車的窗戶才能救出他們。

Crash witness Alex Campbell told NZME he was driving north behind a car that tried to overtake a truck on a blind corner.

車禍目擊者亞歷克斯·坎貝爾告訴NZME，他當(dāng)時(shí)正在開(kāi)車向北行駛，一輛汽車試圖在一個(gè)死角超過(guò)一輛卡車。

"It went head-on into a car coming the other direction," he said.

“它迎頭撞上了一輛從另一個(gè)方向駛來(lái)的汽車，”他說(shuō)。

"I got out and went over. My adrenaline was pumping really hard and all I was thinking was 'how can I help the people in this situation and get this family out as quickly as possible'.

“我下了車，走過(guò)去。我的腎上腺素飆升，我在想“我該怎么幫助他們，怎樣才能盡快把這他們救出來(lái)”。

Two helicopters were dispatched from Taupo and one from Palmerston North.

兩架直升機(jī)分別從陶波和帕默斯頓北部前往支援。

The road is now open.

該路段目前是開(kāi)放狀態(tài)。

The serious crash unit has been advised.

已經(jīng)通知了嚴(yán)重車禍小組。