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All southbound lanes along State Highway 1 leading onto the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now been reopened after a van and truck collided this afternoon.
The crash was about 3.30pm after the Onewa Road off-ramp.
The van driver has critical injuries.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and the SeriousCrash Unit carried out a scene examination.
All three south-bound lanes were closed near the crash site for several hours, before they were reopened around shortly after 6.30pm.
UPDATE - 6:35PM ALL southbound lanes are OPEN on #SH1 Northern Mwy between Esmonde Rd and Onewa Rd following an earlier crash. The Southbound Onewa Rd Off and On ramps are also OPEN. Allow extra time as delays in the area ease ^JF https://t.co/oIDfhWlVlm
— NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland (@nztaaklnth) July 5, 2024
Fire and Emergency sent three trucks and extracted one person from the wreck.
The person was critically injured after the van they were driving rear-ended a truck which had slowed down due to slow traffic along with other vehicles in the run-up to the Harbour Bridge.
Despite other cars in the lane slowing down, an eye-witness said the van driver didn’t appear to see the slowed traffic up ahead and only applied their vehicle’s brakes shortly before impact.
