UPDATED 1.19PM: A woman with her infant son were the occupants of a vehicle that crashed into the rear of an illegally parked truck at the back of Tauranga Hospital.
Tauranga Police Sergeant Wayne Hunter says the vehicle was trying to avoid a collision with a car departing the hospital grounds this morning.
Wayne says neither the woman nor her son were injured in the crash.
'Their vehicle had to be towed.”
The facts were confirmed by mowing contractors who saw the crash, says Wayne.
'A red car came out of the hospital carpark causing the driver going down the hill to swerve to avoid a collision. After she collided with the truck, the driver of the red car drove away.”
Police are asking the driver of the red car to contact Tauranga Police Station on 07 577 4300.
EARLIER:
A road behind Tauranga Hospital is blocked following a crash.
A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says police are at the scene of a crash between a car and truck on Clarke Street.
The caller, who asked not to be named, says it's unclear if anyone has been injured.
SunLive will bring you more inforamtion soon.
At the scene?
Call 0800 SUNLIVE or email photos to newsroom@thesun.co.nz
6 comments
Sounds better I know but....
Posted on 14-03-2017 12:27 | By Vman
That's a van (not truck)
Not surprised
Posted on 14-03-2017 12:33 | By Angel74
the road is far too narrow, and too many blind spots......
Charge the driver.......
Posted on 14-03-2017 13:34 | By The Hobbit
......of the red car. He or she caused this accident and then drove away from the scene of that accident. The Alsco driver should also be spoken to by Police as a warning. The van being where it was may have made the accident worse but it could have softened the accident if it has stopped the car travelling through a building for example.
Alsco needs a rocket
Posted on 14-03-2017 15:42 | By The Sage
Which should be then shot at the driver. These trucks park anywhere and everywhere . Working in the CBD I see it all the time. They park and block right of ways and parking access.
No use blaming some phantom red car...
Posted on 15-03-2017 02:48 | By GreertonBoy
That wagon must have been travelling at a fair rate of knots to do that much damage. The wagon should have been travelling at a speed where she could stop for any unforseen event. Everyone SHARING the road should be on the lookout for potential accidents and actively avoiding them. If there was some phantom red car to blame, she should have hit that, not some other vehicle. It is like if a driver swerves to avoid a possum on the road and has a head on with another vehicle, is the possum the cause of the accident? Drivers all need to pay attention and drive to the conditions.... and if the road is narrow with vehicles parked maybe where they shouldn't .... then slow down a bit. Surely you cant blame some other vehicle that was not involved in the accident for the accident... can you?
Observqation
Posted on 15-03-2017 10:17 | By astex
It appears that although the truck is parked on dotted yellows there is still road shoulder showing in the photo therefore it was NOT taking up any road space. If you look at the line of the footpath the road still has it's full width available. In fact 10 metres earlier and the van driver would have been swerving onto the footpath. Given the choice I think most drivers would have decided to hit the car and not the heavier vehicle. The red car may have caused the problem but the damaged van surely caused the accident by not driving to the conditions.
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