One dead in highway crash

UPDATED 5.40pm: One person has died and four others have been injured in a crash on State Highway 30 involving a logging truck and two other vehicles.

The crash occurred at about 1.25pm at Horohoro.


Police are investigating a fatal crash in the Eastern Bay.

Police say initial enquiries are indicating that a fully laden logging truck lost control and collided with a ute resulting in the death of one man in the ute.

A woman from that ute is in a stable condition in Rotorua Hospital and a child from that ute is expected to be discharged after assessment.

Ages are still to be confirmed.

A log which fell from the truck struck a second ute and a woman from that vehicle is in a stable condition in Rotorua Hospital.

The truck driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries and was not admitted.

A serious crash investigation is underway to establish the cause of the crash.

It was raining at the time but it is too early to say if the weather was a factor.

SH30 was closed between Atiamuri and Rotorua while a serious crash investigation is carried out and the road is cleared. it has since been re-opened.

This includes the need to remove a number of logs from the road.

A short time earlier, at about 12.30pm, a car collided with a truck on SH5 at Wairakei.

One female from the car has been taken to hospital with suspected serious injuries.

A road closure was put in place while the scene was examined and the vehicles recovered.

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1 comment

avr

Posted on 29-07-2015 13:07 | By Anton

A lot of logging truck drivers have never heard about centrifugal force.


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