{"id":602030,"date":"2026-09-16T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/602030\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:18:09","slug":"two-die-in-crash-between-car-and-truck-on-waikato-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/602030\/","title":{"rendered":"Two die in crash between car and truck on Waikato highway"},"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]\">Two people have died in a crash involving a truck and car on State Highway 29 in Karapiro, Waikato this morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Emergency services responded to the two-vehicle crash between the SH29 roundabout near the Hinuera quarry and Totman Rd just before 6am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police confirmed two people had died. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The serious crash unit and other emergency services are working at the scene to understand the circumstances of the crash,&#8221; a police spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police said vehicles were being turned around as the highway was expected to remain closed for most of the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said State Highway 29 was shut completely from Hinuera to Piarere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Please avoid the area and take alternative routes,&#8221; an NZTA spokesperson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have died in a crash involving a truck and car on State Highway 29 in Karapiro,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,9001,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-602030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-hamilton-waikato","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602030","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=602030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}