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Police have confirmed the death of four people on the roads overnight that involved two separate crashes.
The latest fatalities bring the provisional road toll for the Christmas holiday period to eight.
Police said two people died in a single vehicle crash on Evans St in Timaru yesterday evening.
Emergency services were notified of the crash about 7.45pm and the victims died at the scene.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
A further two people died as a result of a crash in Marlborough yesterday evening.
Police said they were notified of the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 63 in the Wairau Valley, west of Blenheim, shortly after 6pm.
One person died at the scene, and another died a few hours later.
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