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Two Accidents At Once
8 August 2016
The car involved - damaged on impact and as firefighters effected extrication.
The truck lost its front wheels in the crash, a total write-off
The second incident blocked State Highway 16 at Waimauku for several hours. Witnesses said it was a head-on crash leaving a car in the middle of the road with its occupants trapped and the truck some distance for the point of impact. It jumped a ditch and came to rest on an embankment beside the railway line, losing its front wheels in the process. Members provided traffic management until police completed investigations and the road was cleared of wreckage, oil and debris.
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