A three car pile-up has blocked a lane on a South Island coastal highway.
Police said the smash, which was initially thought to involve a truck, happened on the Appleby Highway south of Nelson just after 10am.
Emergency services were now at the crash site with motorists from the three cars escaping serious injury, said a police spokewoman.
A lane was left blocked by the three-car smash and tow trucks were headed to the intersection of Appleby Highway and Swamp Rd to clear the wrecked vehicles off the road.
