UPDATE 8.19AM: A truck and bus have crashed in Mount Maunganui this morning.
A police spokesperson says police are responding to a two-vehicle collision.
About 7.50am, police received a report of a crash involving a truck and a bus at the intersection of Hewletts Road and Totara Street.
"The road is currently blocked while the scene is cleared.
"Motorists are advised to expect delays."
St John says six vehicles attended the incident this morning and transported five patients to Tauranga Hospital.
Emergency services at the scene of the crash. Supplied photo.
EARLIER:
Mass traffic delays are being reported between Tauranga and Mount Maunganui this morning.
A Tauranga City Council spokesperson says there is a crash at the intersection of Hewletts Road and Totara Street.
Google's Live Traffic reporting shows traffic delays on Hewletts Road from Totara Street right back to the Bayfair Shopping Centre.
Traffic is also stalled in the Mount bound lane of Takitimu Drive from the Elizabeth Street roundabout through to the Totara Street intersection.
Traffic delays. Image: Google Maps.
SunLive is working on getting more information and will provide an update when we can.
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2 comments
Fed up with red light runners at that intersection
Posted on 07-06-2023 09:20 | By jed
There are red/orange light runners almost every time those lights change phases at Hewletts / Totara. I'm fed up with it, and this kind of delay is the result. Council are negligent for not issuing a ticket to every vehicle who should have stopped at an orange! The problem is because council doesn't enforce the rules , drivers break them constantly.
Hmmm
Posted on 07-06-2023 10:30 | By Let's get real
At this stage, the facts of the crash have not been identified, but I wonder whether the bus lane has been a contributing factor. Since their introduction, the bus lanes have been the scene of many accidents and even more near misses. We are all guilty of failing to use our mirrors enough, particularly the nearside (or lefthand mirror) before changing lanes or making a turn and this is almost certainly a huge factor in most bus lane collisions. It will make absolutely no difference to the outcome, whether the bus is travelling at 30kph or 50kph, seven or eight tonnes of vehicle doesn't stop quickly. If you use Hewletts Road, use your mirrors more. The same will be true along Cameron Road after the roadworks are completed and bus lanes are initiated.
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