Update 9.26am: Police are investigating the cause of a crash which saw five people treated for injuries on Maketu Road, Western Bay of Plenty this morning.
The head-on crash happened just before 8am, on Maketu Road about a kilometre from State Highway 2 and 33km southeast of Tauranga.
One of the vehicles involved in a head-on crash this morning on Maketu Rd. Photos: Bruce Barnard.
A SunLive reporter at the scene says there were no serious injuries and it appeared sun strike may have been a factor.
Earlier: Emergency services are heading to a serious car crash on Maketu Rd, Western Bay of Plenty.
A Fire Communication spokeswoman says reports came in just before 8am of a crash and they have fire crews heading to a crash on Maketu Rd about 33km southeast of Tauranga.
SunLive understands two vehicles are involved in a head-on crash and a number of people are in believed to be in the two vehicles.
More details to follow.
7 comments
Avr
Posted on 29-05-2016 13:16 | By Anton
So,it are not tourist ,we also can blame sunstroke now for head on collisions.never the driver.
Anton...
Posted on 29-05-2016 14:07 | By GreertonBoy
Only the daytime accidents are attributed to sun stroke... the night time ones are due to moon stroke (or UFO's)
what
Posted on 29-05-2016 19:43 | By sunny
were was the sun stroke!! its all to do well too fast on that road! got to get home too fast.. know that road well..
To the both of you...
Posted on 29-05-2016 22:51 | By The Commentor
I don't think that word means what you think it means...
Avr & Anton
Posted on 30-05-2016 07:19 | By Linaire
I very much doubt "sun-stroke" was the cause of this accident! ... it is "sun-STRIKE" - when the angle of sunlight hitting a windscreen creates glare that is very hard for a driver to see through. Sun-stroke is totally different!!
How Bright They Are
Posted on 30-05-2016 10:41 | By Road Ranger
In a situation like this the Road Code states: slow down and look to the left - simple but effective.
Road Ranger
Posted on 31-05-2016 15:43 | By Kenworthlogger
Unfortunatly as Winston Churchill once famously put common sense is most uncommon.
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