{"id":249042,"date":"2026-01-24T05:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249042\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:20:08","slug":"road-closed-serious-injuries-after-three-vehicle-crash-in-whangarei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249042\/","title":{"rendered":"Road closed, serious injuries after three vehicle crash in Whang\u0101rei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4KUCB1A_warrant_01_jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"705\" alt=\"A police officer investigates alleged crime in Northland.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPolice have said initial indicators are that there are serious injuries.<br \/>\nPhoto: NZ Police \/ Supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>State Highway 1 near Whang\u0101rei, is closed following a serious crash on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police were notified of a three-vehicle crash, between Oakleigh Rise and Mangapai Rd, at 2.20pm.<\/p>\n<p>Police have said initial indicators are that there are serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Serious Crash Unit has been advised, and the road is expected to be closed for some time while emergency services work at the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Diversions are in place at the Maungakaramea Rd and State Highway 1 intersection, and the Mangapai Road and State Highway 1 intersection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Motorists were being advised to avoid the area and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":"Police have said initial indicators are that there are serious injuries. Photo: NZ Police \/ Supplied State Highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-249042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249042","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=249042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}