Police urge caution on icy roads
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Police are advising motorists to be extra vigilant as snow and ice blanket roads around the country.
State Highway 1 in the central North Island has been reduced to one lane after a truck and trailer unit carrying beer and food overturned in icy conditions about 2km south of Waiouru overnight.
“Traffic can still get through but there’s obviously going to be hold ups around there,” he said.
A crane was being brought in to help clear the road, central police communications Inspector Steve Darroch said.
Roads around the South Island were also treacherous, a police southern communications spokesperson said.
The truck driver escaped with minor injuries.
The intersection of SH1 and SH87 at Mosgiel was “really slippery” as was the road heading out the airport, he said.
Three Mile Hill in Dunedin has been closed and the southern motorway was covered in snow “but should be alright if people drive sensibly”.
Snow also closed Dunedin Airport, and 10 flights were cancelled, upsetting the plans of hundreds of travellers.
Snow, black ice and sleet closed roads and forced schools to shut around the South Island yesterday.
The MetService predicted Dunedin would be slightly warmer today. .
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