Person dies after car and truck collide on Napier's Marine Parade

Thursday, 7 May 2020

A truck lies on its side after a collision on Marine Parade in Napier.

A driver has died at the scene of a crash in Napier, police say.

Stuff understands the driver was a man. Motorists were asked to avoid a section of Marine Pde in Napier after the serious crash between a truck and a car, however by 9.15pm roads had reopened.

The collision occurred between Edwardes and Sale streets and was reported about 11.15am on Thursday.

Police at the scene of a crash on Marine Parade in Napier.

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One lane was blocked for the majority of Thursday due to the crash. The Serious Crash Unit was investigating.

A St John Ambulance spokesperson earlier said one person had been taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital in a serious condition.

A cyclist was killed on Marine Parade in October last year.

Another person died after the car they were travelling in hit a tree on Marine Parade in April 2019.

Thursday's crash is not the first serious collision to occur in Hawke's Bay during the past few months.

A woman died in Hawke's Bay Hospital in March following a two-car crash at the intersection of Tollemache Road East and Park Road South in Hastings.

Toni Buckthought died in a crash between a car and truck in Hawke's Bay in early April.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Berry Rd in Te Pohue, a small settlement on State Highway 5.