{"id":356375,"date":"2026-03-31T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356375\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:07:08","slug":"napier-crash-truck-and-trailer-rolls-closes-sh51-lane-near-awatoto-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356375\/","title":{"rendered":"Napier crash: Truck and trailer rolls, closes SH51 lane near Awatoto Rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson for NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said the northbound lane of SH51 from Awatoto Rd would be closed for several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A detour for motorists was in place along Te Awa Ave and right on to SH51\/Ellison St, but southbound traffic was not disrupted, although about 150m of the wire, centreline barrier approaching the crash site was damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A longtime resident, whose property backs on to the railway track and highway, said they had been familiar with crashes in the area over many years, but only a few since the installation of the wire barrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">He said he heard a noise like a vehicle bouncing along the rumble strips and then the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">The NZTA said a full closure of SH51 was likely when the truck was recovered from the side of the road, and possibly for repairs to the median strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cExpect delays and take care,\u201d motorists were warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said the northbound lane of SH51 from Awatoto Rd would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,95,121081,1558,5432,1853,5201,18509,1239,3549,42,26755,2241,20112,3607,3180,43,5202,4056,2642,25261,25259,1238,188366,19554,40,38,41,39,2983,23857],"class_list":["post-356375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-and","tag-awatoto","tag-been","tag-between","tag-central","tag-closed","tag-closes","tag-condition","tag-crash","tag-headlines","tag-highway","tag-hospital","tag-lane","tag-napier","tag-near","tag-news","tag-part","tag-person","tag-rd","tag-rolled","tag-rolls","tag-serious","tag-sh51","tag-taken","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trailer","tag-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356375","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=356375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}