9.02am: Police are managing traffic at the Welcome Bay roundabout this morning as the traffic lights system is down.
Traffic remains clogged at Welcome Bay following a collision between two cars on State Highway 29 this morning.
A caller to bayofplentytimes.co.nz said she had been stuck in traffic since 8.10am, when she reached the Welcome Bay shops.
The woman has only just reached the roundabout now and said police were acting as points men to help manage the heavy traffic.
8.44am: One vehicle has rolled down a bank, the other nosed dived down a bank in this morning's crash on SH29.