Traffic was delayed on State Highway 29 after a car collided with a vehicle parked on the side of the road yesterday afternoon.
Deanna Way, who was behind the wheel of a black four-wheel-drive, was "shocked" but not injured, said her son, Timothy Way, who was on the scene shortly
after the accident.
Police constable Mark Sanders said Mrs Way was travelling south-west towards Maungatapu when she clipped the back of a parked Toyota just before 3pm.
The silver car had been pushed up on to the steep grass verge and the black four-wheel-drive had spun to face the driver's side of the stationary car, smashing its back windscreen and a window.
Mr Sanders said the police were trying to contact the owner of the silver Toyota, which was believed to have been parked there for several hours.