News Story
Members attended two early-morning accidents today, both at the same time, both resulting in a fatality. The first was on Great South Road, Papatoetoe, where a heavy truck left the road, clipped one house and came to rest embedded in another. The driver died at the scene and while no one in the house was injured, the family got a terrific shock when impact was accompanied by a loud bang. The second accident was on Ash Street, Avondale, where a male pedestrian was killed. The crash was adjacent to the Sunday Avondale Market which generates "peak hour" traffic as stall-holders arrive around 7am, followed by crowds of customers. Both incidents occurred on major routes resulting in members providing scene protection and traffic management, with diversions in place at each location until police completed investigations and the scenes made safe.
