15 Jan 2018

Oil spill reduces SH29 to one lane

11:29 am on 15 January 2018

Motorists taking State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Range have been warned of an oil spill from an accident that has already caused several other crashes.

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Police said the spill had spread by up to 300 metres and the road was down to one lane while contractors cleared it up.

The spill happened after a crash between a car and a ute, just after 10am.

Police said there had been three other minor crashes since the initial accident, but no injuries have been reported.