{"id":572617,"date":"2026-08-18T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572617\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:36:13","slug":"photos-show-truck-smashed-through-barrier-on-auckland-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572617\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos show truck smashed through barrier on Auckland motorway"},"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]\">Motorists are being advised to &#8220;avoid the area&#8221; after a truck hit a median barrier on a major Auckland motorway early this afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Officers were called after the truck, travelling in a northbound lane, hit the median barrier on State Highway 16 near the St Lukes off-ramp around 12.35pm. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/XH3RGDZAHVABZJMCDT5UFNLBXQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">(Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;There were no reports of injury,&#8221; a police spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police said heavy delays were expected, and advised motorists to avoid the area or seek an alternative route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said online at 2.10pm that all westbound lanes were now open. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The right eastbound lane will remain closed for some time while crews repair the barrier. Pass with care,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a-crash-pictured-on-aucklands-northwestern-motorway-this-aft-X5VNHNNT7VCUTKN7EZIMN4LRSA.jpg\" alt=\"A crash pictured on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway this afternoon. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A crash pictured on Auckland&#8217;s Northwestern Motorway this afternoon.  (Source: Rebecca Kealoha)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Traffic is heavy in the area, expect delays.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including Trump\u2019s new threat to the Middle East, and Kiwis behaving badly. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists are being advised to &#8220;avoid the area&#8221; after a truck hit a median barrier on a major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-572617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572617","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=572617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}