Contractors work to secure a truck unit involved in an accident on a two-lane bridge outside Forest Range Station in the Lindis Pass yesterday. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOKA freight truck and its trailer blocked the Lindis Pass (State Highway 8) between Omarama and Tarras for several hours yesterday morning, after the vehicle jack-knifed on the two-lane Morven Hill bridge, outside Forest Range Station. The accident occurred about 12km south of the summit of the Lindis Pass, on the Central Otago district side of the pass. Conditions on the Lindis Pass yesterday morning were gritty and icy. NZ Transport Agency said bridge repairs would keep the road down to one lane, under stop/go traffic management, until further notice.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 15, 2021 16:30 UTC