In a separate incident on SH5 a truck had leaked diesel on an uphill section of the road near Glengarry.
As a result, two trucks slid on the road and required towing about 2.45pm. Ms Bradford said there were no injuries sustained in either incident.
Congestion in Hastings CBD is also causing issues, according to some locals.
Some retailers said motorists taking advantage of the limited hours free parking scheme in the city hasn't helped.
Owner of Hastings restaurant Down the Road, Aaron Wheadon, said he thought the free parking scheme "absolutely sucks".
"I think it is a great idea, don't get me wrong, but outside my business is four-hour free parking so I get the office workers leaving their cars there all day." He said when it was paid parking, 80 per cent of the street was empty.
"The street is checked very rarely and it's costing me business. The biggest problem I'm finding is these office workers parking there for three hours then just moving their cars forward or even rubbing the chalk marks off."
When Mr Wheadon rang the council to inquire why parks outside his restaurant could be used for up to four hours, he was told to ring back in February when the next meeting on the matter would be held.
Yet Hastings City Business Association general manager Susan McDade said claims that drivers now hog the free parks in the CBD are misguided.
"They know that they risk getting a ticket if they stay longer," she said.
"What I've been told by our retailers and people on the streets is that before drivers would just feed the meter but now they have to move ... which creates a higher vehicle turnover."
She said parking was a nightmare in town at the moment because it was Christmas.
"The telling time will be after Christmas, which will give us a good chance to gauge the success of the pilot programme, but we are getting an overwhelmingly positive response from the public and businesses in the CBD."
Ms McDade said the scheme helped create a more vibrant CBD for Hastings andcreated an even playing field.
