Rescue Helicopter pilot Todd Dunham said one truck was left peeled open like a can of sardines at the crash site. Photo: NZ HeraldOne of the trucks involved in a horrific crash near Whakatāne that killed three road workers was so badly damaged it was left "opened up like a can of sardines". A 57-year-old Kawerau man was treated and discharged from Whakatane Hospital and a 46-year-old Tauranga man was treated and discharged from Tauranga Hospital. Dunham said three road workers were hit by a "truck coming down the road and now they've lost their lives". He said the truck that appeared to have hit the road workers also struck a Higgins truck, tipping it upside down into a ditch.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2019 20:15 UTC