A trailer being towed by a car was hit by a southbound truck and trailer at the intersection of State Highway 2 and Higginson St, Otane, on Tuesday morning.
Police say the car pulled out of Higginson St onto the main highway into the path of the southbound truck, which missed the car but hit the tandem trailer it was towing. The truck and trailer unit broke a front axle on impact and veered across the road, narrowly avoiding an oncoming truck and ending up in a roadside ditch.
Senior Constable Andy Walker said no one was injured and both drivers were extremely lucky, though shaken.
One lane of the highway was closed because of the debris.
Police are also asking for information after a headstone at Waipawa Cemetery was smashed and defaced last Thursday night or Friday morning.