Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER
*A previous version of this story stated around 20 cows had been killed. A later police update clarified that 10 died and four have been injured.
Police say 10 cows have died, and four have been injured after a vehicle crashed into a herd outside of Palmerston North on Friday night.
Emergency services received reports of a collision between a vehicle and a herd of cows on Napier Road, SH3, near Ashurst around 8.30pm.
The driver of the vehicle suffered moderate injuries.
Both lanes were blocked, and diversions were put in place while the road was cleared.
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