{"id":232796,"date":"2026-01-14T13:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232796\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:46:12","slug":"a-tragedy-road-worker-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232796\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A tragedy’: Road worker dies after being hit by vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RNZ\/Reece<\/p>\n

\nPhoto: RNZ \/ REECE BAKER\n<\/p>\n

A WorkSafe investigation is underway following the death of a road worker who was struck by a vehicle in the central North Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emergency services responded to the fatal crash on the Taihape-Napier Road shortly after 11.20am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Police said the crash involved a vehicle and a pedestrian, who died at the scene. They said the driver was also injured.<\/p>\n

WorkSafe has since launched an investigation.<\/p>\n

“WorkSafe and police are jointly investigating the circumstances of a road worker’s death yesterday at Ngamahanga in Hawke’s Bay,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Rangit\u012bkei district mayor Andy Watson said council contractors were carrying out work in the area.<\/p>\n

He said he was unable to confirm the details of what happened but said his heart went out to the road worker’s family.<\/p>\n

“Any loss of life is a tragedy and the circumstances are such that somebody doesn’t go home to their loved ones.”<\/p>\n

Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: RNZ \/ REECE BAKER A WorkSafe investigation is underway following the death of a road worker who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-232796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}