{"id":311667,"date":"2026-03-03T23:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311667\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:43:08","slug":"person-seriously-hurt-after-being-trapped-between-truck-and-skip-in-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311667\/","title":{"rendered":"Person seriously hurt after being trapped between truck and skip in Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JSAY0V_Image_2_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"A person has been seriously injured after getting trapped between a rubbish truck and what RNZ understands to be a skip bin in Wellington.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Mark Papalii\n<\/p>\n<p>A person has been seriously injured after getting trapped between a rubbish truck and what RNZ understands to be a skip bin in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to Maning Lane in the central city at 4.55am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JSAY0V_Image_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"699\" alt=\"A person has been seriously injured after getting trapped between a rubbish truck and what RNZ understands to be a skip bin in Wellington.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Mark Papalii\n<\/p>\n<p>FENZ shift manager Jill Webley said crews extracted a trapped person and they were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A Daily Waste rubbish truck could be seen parked close up to the wall of the Wellington Central Police Station, which sits next to the lane on yellow lines.<\/p>\n<p>A large blue bin sat atop a pile of black rubbish bags on the tray above the cab of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JSAY0V_Image_1_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"A person has been seriously injured after getting trapped between a rubbish truck and what RNZ understands to be a skip bin in Wellington.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Mark Papalii\n<\/p>\n<p>Workers in the area told RNZ the truck had been parked in that fashion when they arrived this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Waste NZ said it a statement it was deeply concerned for the person injured and their wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n<p>It said while the matter was under active investigation by the authorities, it was unable to provide further comment at this time.<\/p>\n<p>It said it was cooperating fully.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said investigators would be in the area today working to determine what happened.<\/p>\n<p>They said Worksafe had been advised.<\/p>\n<p><a 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