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Update: Northern Motorway closed due to crash

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Staff Reporter

11 July 2024, 2:44 AM

Update: Northern Motorway closed due to crashSerious crash, involving multiple vehicles in the northern lanes of the Northern Motorway.

Emergency services rushed to a serious crash affecting northern lanes of the Northern Motorway.


Reported to Police at 2:05 pm, the incident has resulted in critical injuries, prompting a closure of both lanes from the Oteha Valley Road on-ramp.


Police warn traffic congestion is escalating, urging motorists to seek alternative routes to avoid lengthy delays.


Multiple police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, and a helicopter responded to the scene.


Traffic at 3:38 pm.



Latest update: NZTA is advising motorists that the Northern Motorway is currently closed between Oteha Valley Road off-ramp to Silverdale (northbound) due the crash.


Traffic at 5:30 pm.



NZTA is advising to take Dairy Flat Highway as detour route.