Truck loses its wheels, hits car at Papamoa

Police investigate the missing wheels of a truck, which collided with a car on SH2 at Papamoa. Photo/Sonya Bateson

UPDATED 4.32pm: A truck has lost its wheels on State Highway 2 and collided with another car at Papamoa.

An elderly couple who were travelling in the car are understood to be shaken up but unhurt.

Senior Constable Bruce Gordon said a dual set of tyres had come off the left side of the truck, which was travelling along SH2 near Bruce Rd when the incident happened about 4pm.

''All of the sets of tyres had been worked on this morning,'' he said.

The elderly couple's car was taken behind the private Tauranga Eastern Link worksite.

EARLIER: A police northern communications spokeswoman said emergency services were responding to the crash, which happened near Kairua Rd.

She confirmed the six-wheeler truck had lost its wheels but nothing was blocking traffic, she said.

More soon.