Flammable goods truck crash in Katikati, parked car destroyed

The scene of the crash in Katikati. Photo / Supplied

A truck carrying disinfectant rolled on to a parked car in Katikati causing delays and a road closure.

A police spokesperson said police were alerted to the crash on Main Rd or State Highway 2, near Beach Rd just before 5.30pm yesterday.

A Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) spokesperson said it had been reported the truck was carrying 200 litres of disinfectant.

The parked car belonged to Karen Pope, who was in a nearby shop when she heard smashing glass and said she instinctively knew “that’s my car”.

Pope was thankful no one was badly hurt in the crash.

She told the Herald she was feeling as “good as gold” after the incident wrote off her car, but it would be an inconvenience for her given she lives in Tauranga and commutes to Katikati.

“It’s all just very fortunate. It was sixth sense really, because I was going to go out earlier, but I stayed inside the florist to have a can of coke with my cousin,” Pope said.

Pope said she would be staying with her parents in Katikati overnight before her husband picked her up in the morning.

She phoned her boss to tell them a truck had fallen on her car. Pope will have a day off work tomorrow to recover from the loss of her car and to retrieve some items from the wreckage.

“I want to get my pink Doc Martens back.”

She said firefighters had to smash the last intact window on her car to retrieve her handbag for her.

Pope said she did have a souvenir from the wreck, a door handle she found strewn in the middle of the road.

Two fire crews from Katikati responded to the crash.

The road reopened about 9pm after earlier major congestion had formed around the crash.