Pedestrian hit in city street as crashes, breakdown hit motorway rush hour

A pedestrian has been injured after an early morning accident in Avondale, Auckland. Photo / via google maps

A pedestrian has been hit by a car in one of a spate of rush-hour crashes on Auckland roads this morning.

The person was hit by a vehicle at the busy New North and Blockhouse Bay Rds intersection before 7am and taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Auckland Transport tweeted delays in the area are now easing.

Meanwhile, traffic is banked up heading to the airport after a breakdown on the link road from the Southwestern Motorway.

The broken-down vehicle has been pushed to the side but the New Zealand Transport Agency warns of long queues to the airport.

UPDATE: #Breakdown now pushed clear leaving congestion from Sth-Wstn Mwy Sth-bnd link to #SH20A ^TP
https://t.co/p6GDRs8eRR

— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) July 24, 2017

On the Southern Motorway, traffic is crawling past a crash at Greenlane.

Southern Mwy: #Crash just cleared from left lane citybound at Greenlane. Please #AllowExtraTime as congestion starts to ease ^TP pic.twitter.com/wuViYJmBwn

— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) July 24, 2017

The vehicles have been shifted off the road but motorists are warned to leave early for work to allow for the slow-moving queues.