UPDATED 10.58AM: State Highway 29, between Barkes Corner and the Lake Roundabout, is now open.
The highway was closed earlier this morning after a truck and trailer had crashed on that stretch of highway.
Police had closed down the highway to allow a crane to be brought in to help remove the truck and trailer unit from the ditch.
Police say no one was injured in the crash.
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
EARLIER:
Police are closing down State Highway 29, near Barkes Corner, this morning following a truck crash.
Motorists are being advised to use a different route, as the road between Barkes Corner and the Lakes Roundabout could be closed for at least an hour.
A police spokesperson says nobody was injured in the crash.
"A crane will be on site for around the next hour to remove the truck and trailer unit.
"Diversions are in place."
Follow Detour: Westbound: SH29a, Pyes Pa Road, Right At SH36, Left At SH29/Takitimu Drive Eastbound; Follow Reverse Directions
SunLive will update this story as soon as the road is open.
6 comments
Truck crashes
Posted on 30-03-2017 10:09 | By jaydeegee
Truckies are supposed to be professional drivers and yet day after day we read of yet another truck crash in the Tauranga area. There seems to be several problems with truck driver training and licensing. Trucks cost a lot of money - why are the drivers so careless with them? And what about the human cost of injury and deaths? More accountability required.
Jaydeegee
Posted on 30-03-2017 13:09 | By Heavy Haulage
Professional drivers are humans too you know. They even make mistakes. The biggest dangers professional drivers face are other road users.... Who said this was the truck drivers fault? It says it is under investigation... Jaydeegee do you actually have a class 5 license? Im guessing by your comments that you dont as to get a class 5 license nowdays is difficult, time consuming and expensive. Not easy to get like a car license although we have to share the road with cars. Compared to car crashes there are few heavy vehicle crashes and out of those very few are caused by the heavy vehicle... The stats dont lie. You may wish to look them up before you comment.....
Likely avoiding jaydeegee
Posted on 30-03-2017 17:49 | By Murray.Guy
Truck incidents due to truck driver negligence are very low statistically, especially so with when the kilometres travelled are factored in. In this incident evidence suggests an unknown oil based substance on the road surface has been the contributor.
Heavy Haulage
Posted on 31-03-2017 09:20 | By penguin
Granted the proportion of truck/heavy vehicle incidents may be lower than for other vehicles. But how do you explain the number of roll-overs, jack knifing, tree / bank / /bridge incidents? Surely these reflect driver error? Or will you try and blame some other factors given that there appears to be an increase in solo truck incidents? Murray Guy suggests that he knows what may have caused this latest incident, yet it is under investigation. If there was a slippery substance on the road, how come no other vehicles succumbed? Incidentally, I have a class 5 licence.
Trucks an accidents / incidents
Posted on 01-04-2017 10:01 | By Murray.Guy
Our road / highway networks haven't kept pace with the growth of our region (or NZ), being far from 'fit for purpose' in many areas. Likewise our driver licencing and training falls woefully short of a responsible, appropriate approach by authorities to match todays traffic intensities and conditions. The sooner we have purpose built driver training facilities in all regions, the better! Penquin, increasingly the heavy vehicle driver is having to take critical action to avoid a cyclist on a bridge with on coming traffic (on a highway), having to brake heavily to enable a following car attempting to pass to succeed, having to change road/lane position to avoid an approaching vehicle over the centre line - issues always existed but more prevalent with greater traffic flows, increased frustration. Penquin, I said 'evidence suggests' oil or similar. I know as I felt it, and survived, minutes earlier.
golly gosh
Posted on 01-04-2017 14:19 | By old trucker
It looks as though someone was not concentrating,immmmmm,have been through there a 100 times and nothing wrong with it, there has to be above, just my thoughts only,Sunlive is No1 for news keep it up,Thankyou 10-4 out,
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