{"id":644593,"date":"2026-10-29T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644593\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:00:10","slug":"sh7-crash-south-of-hanmer-springs-involved-caravan-and-several-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644593\/","title":{"rendered":"SH7 crash south of Hanmer Springs involved caravan and several vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">A second South Island highway was also shut this afternoon after a person was critically injured in a 3.10pm crash that closed Rakaia Highway near the intersection with Chertsey Line Rd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">A second person received minor injuries in the two-vehicle accident south of Christchurch, which has also blocked train tracks, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe road could remain closed for several hours while police SCU [serious crash unit] &#8230; carries out an investigation\u201d, NZ Transport Agency wrote on Facebook at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cSouthbound road users should detour via Elizabeth Ave, Railway Terrace, Thompsons Track and Somerton Rd. Reverse for northbound travellers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Vehicles involved in the crash that blocked State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon. \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Vehicles involved in the crash that blocked State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Meanwhile, tourists, families and truckies were among those stuck after the SH7 crash, said a motorist who was on his way home to Christchurch after a work trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Weather conditions were good, with no wind or rain, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely sunny day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A caravan and multiple vehicles have been involved in a minor-injury crash that blocked State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon, police say. Image \/ Google Maps\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A caravan and multiple vehicles have been involved in a minor-injury crash that blocked State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon, police say. Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">He had some provisions for a long stay but was afraid to get too comfortable, he told the Herald before the highway reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019ve got a cup of tea but I\u2019m too scared to have too much to drink because I\u2019ve got nowhere to go to the toilet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Motorists queued on State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash blocked lanes in both directions. \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Motorists queued on State Highway 7 south of Hanmer Springs this afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash blocked lanes in both directions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second South Island highway was also shut this afternoon after a person was critically injured in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2840,74,95,3246,41187,3549,42333,298725,42,26755,8454,2205,2514,3950,101,661,97212,43,1118,20593,13109,290776,1240,55600,199964,40,38,41,39,6861],"class_list":["post-644593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-across","tag-after","tag-and","tag-both","tag-caravan","tag-crash","tag-debris","tag-hanmer","tag-headlines","tag-highway","tag-including","tag-involved","tag-island","tag-lanes","tag-left","tag-major","tag-multivehicle","tag-news","tag-of","tag-reopened","tag-several","tag-sh7","tag-south","tag-springs","tag-strewn","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644593","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=644593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}