A woman is in Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries after her car struck a cow on the road before crashing through a fence and hitting a water tank.
Emergency services were called to Grange Road near Burnham around quarter to one this morning.
The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
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The cow died at the scene.
Rolleston Police are investigating.
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