Akaroa-Duvauchelle highway closed (7 January)

[karla]

Just heard on the radio, following is police update:


Time:

14:40 7-01-2009

District:


Canterbury

Incident Type:


Crash closes SH75

Location:


Duvauchelle Akaroa

What happened:


Vehicle Crash.

Emergency Services are at the scene of a vehicle crash on the Christchurch Akaroa Road (SH75) in Duvauchelle, near Akaroa.

The road is currently blocked and diversions are in place.

Diversions are in place at Pigeon Bay Rd, and Okains Bay Road.

Motorists are urged to take extreme care and are asked to be patient whilst the emergency staff work hard at dealing with the incident.

Another release will be made once further is known.



Issued by:


Sergeant Dean Murray

[AllanB]

:-(

Shit the Akaroa GP course is taking it's toll this summer.

[karla]

Hopefully not be a biker this time. Just letting people know that the road is closed, since the Akaroa run is so popular. It's open again now.