{"id":391953,"date":"2026-04-22T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391953\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:40:14","slug":"truck-crash-closes-key-south-island-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391953\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck crash closes key South Island highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/muriochisomncrash.jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"A heavy vehicle tow was being sent to move the truck. Photo: Supplied\/Matthew Topp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A heavy vehicle tow was being sent to move the truck. Photo: Supplied\/Matthew Topp<\/p>\n<p>The main inland route between Nelson and Christchurch will be closed for hours after a truck crash this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called about 9am to the single-vehicle crash near Dellows Bluff on State Highway 6, south of Murchison.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The truck is blocking both lanes of the highway and there is no nearby alternative route from Murchison to the West Coast or Springs Junction.<\/p>\n<p>NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said late this morning that a heavy vehicle tow was being sent to move the truck, but it would take several hours to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists were asked to delay their travel if possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/593091\/sh6-south-of-murchison-closed-for-hours-after-truck-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rnz_banner-new.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A heavy vehicle tow was being sent to move the truck. Photo: Supplied\/Matthew Topp The main inland route&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-391953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391953","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=391953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}