Police are giving an update on the fatal crash in Invercargill on Friday afternoon. Three teenagers from Bluff are believed to be among the dead.
Police said multiple people died after a ute and a truck collided on Queen's Drive.
Detective Inspector Stuart Harvey told Newshub the crash occurred near Queens Park on Friday afternoon.
"Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash, involving a heavy motor vehicle and a motor vehicle, on Queens Drive just before 4pm," he said.
"Sadly, multiple people died at the scene."