Scene of fatal accident between Rangiuru and Pah Road Te Puke. Photo / Andrew Warner, The Bay of Plenty Times
Scene of fatal accident between Rangiuru and Pah Road Te Puke. Photo / Andrew Warner, The Bay of Plenty Times
A woman died after trying to do a U-turn when a logging truck struck her vehicle outside of Te Puke this morning, police say.
Western Bay road policing sergeant Wayne Hunter said the woman, 36, didn't see a logging truck on the road before she pulled out into its path.
"She was travelling on the road towards Te Puke and she pulled over on the road to let some cars pass and she obviously didn't see a logging truck going in the same direction and she did a U-turn in front of the truck," he said.
"The vehicles collided and the truck basically t-boned her. The truck had no way of stopping in time."
Mr Hunter said there had previously been a crash on the same stretch of road however he believed the road was safe and accidents were generally caused by drivers being distracted.
"There is nothing wrong with the road that I can see, it is driver error."
Mr Hunter was unable to confirm driver error had been the case in this incident until a police investigation had been carried out.
