{"id":501953,"date":"2026-06-30T01:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/501953\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:46:08","slug":"elderly-woman-hit-by-vehicle-while-crossing-aucklands-mt-wellington-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/501953\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly woman hit by vehicle while crossing Auckland\u2019s Mt Wellington Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson for police said the Serious Crash Unit has been notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">Motorists are advised to avoid the area, as delays are expected, and diversions have been put in place through Roslyn Rd for southbound vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Photo \/ Jason Dorday\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Photo \/ Jason Dorday<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">There are four police cars, one ambulance, one operations manager and one rapid response vehicle in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">The woman was still being assessed by paramedics on the scene, a Hato Hone St John spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">One witness who was shopping across the road told the Herald an elderly woman was hit as she was crossing the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">The witness said the woman has been knocked unconscious and has a \u201cbig gash\u201d to her head, but because of earlier movement she \u201cdefinitely isn\u2019t dead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Photo \/ Jason Dorday\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Photo \/ Jason Dorday<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">One local told the Herald he has known the woman for \u201cquite a while\u201d and said she is a \u201clovely, sweet lady\u201d in her 90s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">He said she attends community hub events at the centre he works at, right across the road from where the accident took place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">He and other community members had been trying to get in contact with her family. He said she lived alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">According to Auckland Transport (AT), Mt Wellington Highway is one of Auckland\u2019s busiest arterial roads, recording around 20,000 vehicle movements a day.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Photo \/ Jason Dorday\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Emergency crews at the scene of an incident on Mt Wellington Highway, where an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. 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