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A third person has died following a two-car crash in Canterbury on Sunday.
The accident on Main North Road in Sefton was reported to police about 6.50pm on Sunday. One person in each vehicle died at the scene, while a critically injured third was taken to hospital.
Police on Monday morning confirmed the critically injured person had also died.
It was the second double fatality on the region's roads within three days, following a crash between a car and a school bus at the intersection of Broad and Harleston roads.
"This is an incredibly sad blow to not only the families of the deceased, but to all those affected in a small community - which includes the attending emergency services, some of whom would have attended both crashes," said Canterbury rural area commander Inspector Peter Cooper.
Weather in the area at the time was poor, he said.
"It's a very sad reminder to people of the importance of taking care every single time you get behind the wheel."
The road has since reopened.
