UPDATED 12.43PM: No one was injured after a car flipped onto its roof on State Highway 29.
Emergency services were called to the crash, north of Maungatapu, jsut after 12pm.
A vehicle is on its roof on SH29.
It's understood one of the vehicle's tyres had come off, causing it to roll.
No lanes are blocked and motorists are being urged to drive carefully.
Earlier:
Reports are coming in of a car that has rolled on State Highway 29, near Maungatapu.
Emergency services are being called to the crash, which is reported to be north of the Maungatapu Bridge.
A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says no-one appears to have been injured in the crash.
Police, fire and St John Paramedics are at the scene.
We will bring you more information as soon as it is available.
7 comments
What?
Posted on 31-07-2015 14:44 | By Kenworthlogger
Tires dont just cone off.. They were probably driving on a flatty...
Hard to tell from the picture
Posted on 31-07-2015 18:55 | By Devils-advocate
But it almost looks like the whole hub has come off, perhaps a bearing issue?
tyre or wheel?
Posted on 31-07-2015 19:19 | By Murray.Guy
Right rear appears to have no rim suggesting it was the complete wheel that came of, rim and tyre.
Bad luck
Posted on 31-07-2015 21:31 | By bogside
Its very unfortunate when cars decide to roll themselves and cause injury to unsuspecting passengers............
It can't be true?
Posted on 31-07-2015 21:49 | By groutby
Because car drivers are much safer drivers than motorcyclists...thus giving all 4 wheeled vehicles much cheaper rego cost (ACC Levies) than two wheels..what a joke!
Groutby
Posted on 01-08-2015 15:46 | By Kenworthlogger
This is mot a driver error here. Looks like a whole wheel has come off and everybody is ok. No injuries. Imagine if this happened on a bike. The injurirs would be severe. Big ACC cost. Get It?
How come...
Posted on 05-08-2015 01:43 | By GreertonBoy
No one has blamed a mobile phone yet? I thought phones caused all car accidents?[add sarcasm here] I wonder how a rear wheel coming off a front wheel drive car causes it to roll? The front, sure.... but the back? I have had a few fall off (don't ask) and apart from the impromptu sparkler show, I just pulled over. Ok, maybe it was the phones fault? "if your wheel is about to fall off, press 1 if you are about to roll your car... press 2 .... Btw, being the left wheel, if it has a right hand thread nut, and someone didn't use nyloc nut or didn't bed the lock plate or fit a split pin, whichever that model uses, the nut would undo itself while driving? It should have given some warning tho? Maybe some driver awareness training would be a good idea?
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