{"id":445712,"date":"2026-05-26T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/445712\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:28:09","slug":"person-dies-after-car-collides-with-motorcycle-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/445712\/","title":{"rendered":"Person dies after car collides with motorcycle in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A person has died and another has been injured following a crash between a car and motorcycle in the Auckland suburb of Howick this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Emergency services were called to the scene on Pakuranga Rd around 2.25pm, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">In an update this evening, police said one person had died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">A vehicle could be seen on its roof surrounded by firefighters and police, according to a 1News reporter at the scene. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779784089_481_firefighters-at-the-scene-of-a-collision-between-a-car-and-m-WATHVJQFHFHQJN6MEM3VXKZC7I.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters at the scene of a collision between a car and motorcycle in Howick, Auckland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Firefighters at the scene of a collision between a car and motorcycle in Howick, Auckland.  (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Hato Hone St John was alerted to the crash around 2.22pm and responded with two ambulances, one rapid response unit and an operations manager, a spokesperson told 1News. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">One person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779784089_684_a-motorcycle-lays-on-the-ground-surrounded-by-police-followi-4AOJIBS2K5HQNCNJ4HTIWNLXJI.jpg\" alt=\"A motorcycle lays on the ground surrounded by police following a crash with a car in Auckland's Howick.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A motorcycle lays on the ground surrounded by police following a crash with a car in Auckland&#8217;s Howick. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Pakuranga Rd was closed between Hutchinsons Rd and Botany Rd, and Angelo Ave was closed to Willoughby Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Police are asking motorists to avoid the area and expect delays,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The serious crash unit attended and inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person has died and another has been injured following a crash between a car and motorcycle in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-445712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","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\/445712","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=445712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}