{"id":403110,"date":"2026-04-29T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403110\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:44:09","slug":"sh2-at-takapau-closed-after-fatal-two-vehicle-crash-in-hawkes-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403110\/","title":{"rendered":"SH2 at Takapau closed after fatal two-vehicle crash in Hawke\u2019s Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detours are in place via Maharakeke Rd and SH50.<\/p>\n

\u201cMotorists are advised to avoid the area and expect delays.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe crash occurred on State Highway 2 at Takapau in Central Hawke’s Bay. Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n

The fatal crash is the latest in a string of accidents that have claimed lives in recent days.<\/p>\n

Three people died when their car crossed the centre line and collided with a tanker truck on the Desert Rd late Monday night. The truck driver suffered moderate injuries.<\/p>\n

In Christchurch, a woman died in hospital following an overnight crash in the city, police said yesterday.<\/p>\n

\" M\u0101ori rugby and tennis legend Dinny Mohi died on Saturday aged 85. Photo \/ Ben Fraser<\/p>\n

On Anzac Day former M\u0101ori All Blacks captain Dinny Mohi and another person died<\/a> when a vehicle crossed the centre line and collided with another near Ngongotah\u0101.<\/p>\n

Mohi, 85, was on his way to the \u014chinemutu dawn parade in Rotorua to honour the Anzacs.<\/p>\n

Two people also died in separate crashes in North Auckland\u2019s Wellsford<\/a> and on SH29 in the Kaimai Range<\/a> on Thursday last week.<\/p>\n

\u2018Slow down, buckle up, put the phone away\u2019<\/p>\n

Nine more lost their lives in a five-day period<\/a> earlier this month, prompting police to sound a warning to motorists ahead of the long Anzac Day weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asking all road users to prioritise safety and please make good decisions whenever you\u2019re travelling not just over the long weekend but every day \u2013 regardless of if your journey is near or far,” Inspector Logan Marsh said.<\/p>\n

Motorists were reminded to \u201cslow down, buckle up, put the phone away\u201d, and to always organise a sober\u202fride home if drinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detours are in place via Maharakeke Rd and SH50. \u201cMotorists are advised to avoid the area and expect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1975,1561,1558,5201,3549,690,11784,3011,305,1976,78,10933,111,43,139,69,2682,4056,23419,47621,68301,1529,44097],"class_list":["post-403110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-at","tag-bay","tag-been","tag-closed","tag-crash","tag-dead","tag-fatal","tag-four","tag-have","tag-hawkes","tag-in","tag-injured","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-others","tag-person","tag-seriously","tag-sh2","tag-takapau","tag-three","tag-twovehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403110","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=403110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}