One person in serious condition after SH2 crash near Taradale

Hawkes Bay Today

4 May, 2026 09:47 PMQuick Read

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A two-vehicle crash has closed the northbound lanes of the Hawke’s Bay Expressway. They have since reopened.

A motorist is in a serious condition after a two-vehicle crash closed the northbound lanes of a Napier highway today.

Emergency services were called to the accident on the Hawke’s Bay Expressway/State Highway 2, at Taradale about 8.10am.

Hato Hone St John transported one person in a serious condition to
Hawke’s Bay Hospital while another person involved was in a minor condition and did not require transport.

The lanes were reopened at 9.20am.

Meanwhile, another two-vehicle crash closed one northbound lane of the Hawke’s Bay Expressway at the Ngaruroro River Bridge about 9.10am.