Tyre blowout sent truck through barrier in triple fatal crash on SH1 | 27 August 2024 | RNZ
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- Two victims of the fatal crash on Auckland's State Highway 1 were young men in New Zealand as seasonal workers, Samoan media report.
Three people died in a crash and three more people are hospital, one with critical injuries.
It is a misnomer to call those cables " a barrier "
They are no barrier for trucks and are instant death for motorcyclists .
A cost cutting exercise that costs lives .
theyre supposed to stop trucks. Surely some investigation why this one didnt
The people who decided to go with fence barrier design should be held accountable in my opinion.
@@bradvanbakel5781 they DON'T stop trucks.. they "grab" anything that encounters them.. I've seen two cars now.. on their roofs near Hamilton because of them.. one motorcyclist mangled & bike destroyed.. concrete moveable barrier blocks cabled together is the ONLY "best solution" that deflect vehicles incl trucks back into their path
I always thought those cabels where no good
@@bradvanbakel5781probably bc it was the Bombay hill bro
I agree with the policeman. Shocking to hear that there were people recording it to put on social media is dusgusting. Sadly this is the society we are becoming.
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welcome to planet earth
@@Sa.d.bo26 I was born on planet Earth 🌏. I'm not from another planet.
That's life, get over it. 😊
I was returning from a trip and got caught up in the traffic from this crash. I had no idea it was so serious, my heart goes out for all who got involved in this event ❤
People think about what the truck driver is going through and thank you to the bystanders who helped
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the people involved on this tradgic event our hearts are broken for all those involved the emergency services the families may peace come to you in this trying time God bless you all
Love from Laura and Matthew from Christchurch
The amount of truck tyres I see delaminated on the side of the road is shocking. You just need to take a quick look at any truck you see when in stationary traffic, the tyres are often brittle and have hairline cracks. It seems to be an epidemic of negligence from NZ Trucking companies
Possibly, but you don't know in this case at the moment, so best not judge so quickly!
@desireeretiree He has a point though, it's a big truck....ensuring the tyres are checked everyday is crucial and basic 101. If you don't check it can kill innocent people!! If they find they weren't checked the trucking company will be liable and the driver unfortunately put up for manslaughter due to negligence. It's serious stuff. I hope it's not the case and that he ran over something which can't be controlled. Then the spotlight will go back onto LTNZ especially with those silly wire barriers 🤦♂️
You can't purchase re-treads for front tyres. Only the backs, driving wheels. He may have run over something that caused the blowout.
Very very sad for everyone involved.
Maybe go back to the steel armco central reservation barriers,instead of the cheese cutter wires
The only time they are bothered building those is to protect their precious speed cams
My deepest condolences to all whanau deeply impacted by this tragedy 😔💔
Why TF did the barrier not do it's job? Someone needs to fess up
Totally agree cable is unsafe!
Seen similar Cambridge..almost to Rotorua in the middle of Roadway..with cables white paint orange cats at night!
But you can't see darn white paints; cables on motorway WHEN heavy raining!!
Bless 🙏
Cable barriers are not fit for purpose. Period.
They are installed only, for the same reason countless miles of useless streetlights are installed and most other construction like over bright signage as well as being inaccurate facets of our countries roads and their construction,
is by council/government/corporation dishonesty and back room $ deals worth millions….without integrity or safe functional workability.
Very sad, my respect and condolences to all concerned. Such a terrible accident. My plea is for people not to judge or pass inappropriate comments. Let the appropriate authorities conduct their investigations and offer support to the family concerned as well as the truck driver.
Sad to know and hear that this had happened… but my only question in towards the tyre blowout, how many potholes has the vehicle driven over weakening the state of the material?
It has always been known by engineers that that this particular type of wire rope barrier is totally ineffectual. Now, sadly, that has been proven. Other wire rope barriers are effective but this style should never have been used here.
& if anything the cable barrier made it worse pulling the truck into the center & across.. it's what they do.. no deflection back
Yes, especially since they were put there because of it being a high crash rate area
It’s not totally ineffective The wire ropes do help prevent glancing strikes and lighter vehicles from veering across to the other lanes. Trucks can and do crash through Armco barriers as well under the right (wrong) circumstances. In the US where they have higher motorway speed limits for both cars and trucks they often have no medium barriers at all, just a wide medium strip.
@@merhaba8 The US have thousands of miles of freeways so not cost effective .
@@lloydwoodroofe3781 It wasn’t my point
I am soooooo sorry for everyone involved in this..😢
Horrific roads with horrific drivers with horrific cables with non horrific interstate style motorways.
Hell we suck!
yeah, nz is generally about 30 years behind other countries when it comes to infrastructure that isn't directly inside of a city center.
Those 6 people were family to me, My dad was the driver of the white van, my cousin was in the passenger seat, and my other cousin was behind the chair of the driver Those three are the ones that died, The 21-year-old is my youngest cousin and was with them I didn't know there were six people in the van; I just thought it was my Dad and his three nephews, but then my mom said there were two others from the seasonal job. But one question to the truck driver: How did the tyre blow up?? Was it a rock? Was it something sharp that caused the tire to blow up?? But all I want to do right now is just see my dad, and I'm telling you that the truck driver better speak at his funeral because I don't think it would be fine for the truck driver to just stay quiet and not say anything. Also, our family wants to know what happened from someone who was at the scene, but I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted my dad to make it home safely, but he didn't. But if that's what God planned, then let it be. Let them fly high. Thank you to everyone who is donating, supporting and praying for us.
I'm sorry to hear what happened yesterday. May God give you all strength to carry on especially those two mens who were supposed to return back to Samoa. This is sad 😢
Condolences, your families are in my prayers
@pepeduah1905 It's okay thank you to all of you that are praying and supporting us may God you all
@@uiesefdeepest condolences to your whanau.
Sorry for your families loss. Aside from the truck that will have to show it's maintenance records to police eventually. The biggest failure is the wire rope barrier. It's designed to deflect vehicles, and from the outcome, it has failed. Hopefully the police or the minister of transport can help the public understand how and why this barrier system has failed.
The fact a Tyre blowout lead to 3 people losing their lives, in 2024 is unacceptable.
The Garage/Service men of the Trucking company need to be looked at, why was its tyres in that condition and the engineers/installers of those cable barriers need to investigated, because it didn't have no affect in the prevention of this accident, what was the point in its conception and installation.
Love goes out to the families!
Maybe the truck driver had previously hit something that made a bulge in his tyre
My brand new truck tyre put on at 7am blew out at lunchtime, a lengh of rebar, steel or likewise on a work site damage the inside sidewall of the tyre I would never have known praise be the truck fully loaded pulled up safely.
@@mahulad7298 Maybe stop using cheap chinese tyres.
This here is it. A safe vehicle is a maintained vehicle
@@arsenix8401 I pay premium for quality tyres, yet still managed to bulge my tyre after hitting a pothole. There are layers to this, vehicle safety is only one. We need well maintained roads, functioning barriers, mandatory defensive driving & safety lessons for professional drivers, and better infrastructure.
The press need 🎤's so we can hear the questions
So what did we learn, Heavy vehicle are to stay in the left lane so as to veer into the breakdown lane if needed and Heavy vehicle max speed 80km.. truck retread tyres to be replaced at half tread..
ps.. those wire barriers aren't fit for purpose, we've seen a car go straight though them & they are akin to a cheese cutter for those of us who ride..
A lot of countries do not allow trucks in the outside lane, it is very common and definitely should be the same here.
@blackline-qf6fl Trucks will take the centre lane because that gives us two options of avoidance. If the front right tyre blows out, the truck will vear to the right, and the same principle applies to the left. Will vear left.
@stephj6551 Absolutely not. Not with the state of congestion on our roads. As a truck driver, I use all 3 lanes at my choosing, depending on what I see unfolding before me and the situation in my rear view mirrors. I use the centre lane mainly as I have two means of avoiding any catastrophe in front of me. Left or right. I do try and avoid the outside lane because I'm a car driver too, and I like to see the cars get past me and away.
Essentially saying that the two barriers were not fit for purpose, and multi millions were wasted on them.
My deepest condolences to all whānau impacted by such a sad tragedy
Absolutely tragic.
So sad
What is the point of barriers if they dont work.
The wire median barrier 100% is designed to stop truck n trailer going through, this was truck only empty. Few questions need to be ask around this and answered asap
Sincere condolences to all of the families involved in this particular vehicular crash.
Cable barriers do not work!
A crash such as this was always going to happen since the installation of what are nothing other than a useless and ineffective and dangerous attempt, to keep oncoming traffic apart!
Especially on motorways!
Seasoned and vastly experienced veteran truck drivers have been saying this for years, and have not ever been listened to and people continue to die.
As to why ‘experience’ is not listened to?
all I know, now is the time to stand up as one people and seriously start to question everything as to why.
Kia ora
Such a sad unfortunate accident. Our prayers to all those families who have lost whanau members, our deepest sympathy. Prayers to those recovering in hospital and in ICU. Prayers to the driver also.
This is why i dont truck drive anymore. When big machinery has an issue its big consequence. R.I.P to those who passed. Hope the trucker has the support he needs as well
So many experts
Sorry for the people in these situations and family stuff ⏲️ 😊 🙏 mehe mana bless the lord 😊 🙏 ❤️ ka.pai 😢
anyone find out which tire blowout?? if it's the front one its way harder to stop but it is definitely possible but if it was the back tire there is absolutely no reason for this to happen. thoughts and prayers to everyone involved😢😢🙏
Trucks are constantly in the outside lane doing 100 to 110ks an hour I hope this truck wasn’t driving over their limit of 90ks an hour
If a truck goes through a "barrier", then its not a barrier. Do we need better barriers? We have had heavy trucks for a long time, shouldnt barriers be designed to stop the heaviest of vehicles? Or is there just no avoiding this type of freak accident?
If tyre blow-outs on single axle steerers causes such a catastrophic loss of control all single axle steered trucks and buses must be banned from the roads until a tyre technology that deflates at a gradual controlled rate is developed. Possibly mandating new tubeless tyres less than 6 months old. No retreads on the front steerers. Or a built in re-inflation system or tyre seal fluid inside the tyre.
Or wait for the next deaths?
It's pretty hard to get a good condition tyre to fail so dramatically. It was probably an old tyre that wasn't replaced when it started to age. I see a LOT of trucks with rotten tyres on the road...
It's very rare,I used to do thousands of ks a week and alot on back roads and never had a steer tyre go in 15 years on the road,I did a tyre check every day and during a break..Hold ya blame and a witch hunt not needed on the truck driver..
Turns out you won’t be getting fed, or clothed. You muppet.
If a loss of a wing causes such catastrophic loss of control, all winged planes shall be banned, you absolute dork
Dam that was truly unfortunate feel for the truck driver a genuine accident completely unforeseeable
Truckies need to stick to there speed limit aint very often you see a truckie staying 10ks under the limits..
I just want to say that the truck driver needs emotional support right now. He's going to blame himself and he needs to know that nobody is blaming him. Tyres tend to blow on heavy trucks all the time. Please, if you know the truck driver PLEASE support him. We don't want another death.
Omg that poor truck driver.
SAD RIP for victims of accident, hope coalition government will rectify these accidents and save lives
Tragic for all involved my thoughts go out to everyone involved ❤
I always thought it was weird seeing the switch from concrete barriers after Papakura/Drury to rope barriers, but that area seems to be more high risk of serious carshes the way everyone drives through there. Sad to hear and see the outcome of such an incident. Sending love and condolences to the families of those affected. May you all find peace and comfort
OMG .. YOU THREE .
REST IN PEACE.
Something like this should never happen. Massive failure
Find out why that Tyre blew out ?????
We all want to know.. thought these trucks had WOF checks...
Absolutely preventable, from the checks that should be made on big trucks 🚚...
THE FAMILY DESERVE THE TRUTH..
You can see in the other videos that the trucks tyre is completely worn out.
Very sad for everyone involved - I can't believe on the Nations busiest road we only rely on some cables to prevent another vehicle causing a head on. Where are the concrete barriers?????!!!!!!
rest in peace and my heart goes to the familys
Wtf is a "wraparound"?
Sad crash 😔😭
Those people who took footage and posted should be fined
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 - “everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.”
@@MatterLivesWhite Well that law needs to change. Particularly when people have died in horrific circumstances
@@marilynschmidt6400 Why? Do you want to be imprisoned by showing someone a video or saying something on your mind? You can always move to China buddy
@@marilynschmidt6400 no it doesn't but for deceased people yes
@@MatterLivesWhite Bill of Rights Act states that rights can be limited when reasonably justified. The Privacy Act however protects the privacy and dignity of New Zealanders, and robbing someone of their dignity as they lay deceased in a wrecked vehicle is a reasonable justification to limit your right to freedom of expression.
Is the Truck Driver Getting Help OR
Are we going to see another suicide
Sooo sad
It was only a matter of time those truckies especially for those earthmoving loaders drive like they own the damn roads. A blowout seems suspicious but, if it was, the driver should've been able to rectify... imo that trucker was speeding & lost control. So sad that people were hurt & killed and that driver walks away no injuries.
It may not have changed the outcome but those dangerous wire cheese cutters (ask a biker) have to go. If they are serious about it then concrete barriers like further in are a must. I’m rural BOP and we have these barriers everywhere and they are damaged weekly and take months to be repaired. They turn a minor mind wonder into a write off and spin them in front of following traffic.
They might work in SOME cases but are costing kiwis 10 times more in damages and repairs (roads and cars) and ide love to know the stats on lives they have saved. Out by me we have had NO road deaths in years and minor excursions…but now weekly there is a write off and a decent crash as cars are thrown back into traffic when a rumble strip would have gotten their attention.
The good side…cops can’t turn around either 😅
Need stronger barriers
Tragic 😢
That’s Marc Ellis
so sad tragedy
I have had a front tyre blow out on a fully loaded dump truck, I was driving on SH1 north of Dunedin my truck went straight across into the opposite lane I had zero control. I feel sorry for all including the driver if this truck had a current COF and tyres were in good knick. If you have a rear blow with duals then you have control and can stay in your lane.
So sad ,so so sad 😢
National Party. ''Let's raise the speed limits''.
How dumb are they ffs
Speed had NOTHING to do with it. These blowouts happen and given the shameful state of our roads including potholes numerous vehicles are wrecked every day in this country because of our shocking road conditions. Also, the barriers were ineffective 🤯
Why bring politics into this? WHY? If anything, we should be blaming Labour for most of this country's current state while National are forced to clean up this stupid mess.
@@BonsqueesqueeYou got the answer right there they need to work together or there needs to be a better system to prevent their bickering from stopping each other getting anything done. Back n forth both useless.
@@Bonsqueesquee Because this is an open forum.
National is bankrolled by the trucking industry.
National is raising speed limits.
You then brought Labour into it, you snivelling hypocrite.
Truck overspeeding..some truck drivers just don't care..
Why are you making that assumption?
You don't know that!
Majority speed
@@Osamabintardinbecause you lot speed
@@keepingitreal618 And overtaking too much.
tragic and herrendous for those seasonal workers killed and injured and condolences to their families and those terrible New Zealanders videoing the victims that is a problem in Australia too in Melbourne 4 Police officers had pulled over a driver to give him a ticket they were hit by a out of control truck all 4 officers were killed the driver of the car videoed the 4 officers as they were dieing and put it on the internet he a got a jail sentence the truck driver was drunk and on drugs and was jailed and the truck company were invaded by Police checking all their trucks log books etc which is usual with truck crashes huge fines are given if your records arent up to date 4 Samoan seasonal workers have also being killed in 2024 after work they drank alcohol then drove home and crashed into a tree with such force the van burst into flames all 4 were killed safety dividing fences are used in Australia too for years they refused to use them as it was a overseas thing but as the road toll increased they finally introduced them and they have saved lives of course a truck at normal speed would be hard to stop let alone if it was speeding if thats the case it would be unstoppable more so with a blown out tyre
I live in the matrix
Ludacris closing down both north and south lanes of our Major Motorway for over 14 hours; causing peak-hours gridlock..
What if this was your family more. On
@@keepingitreal618 World keeps going. Also how hard is it to guide traffic onto a single lane? Thats something police here are incompetent to do
I can never understand the necessity to close any road for that long either. Get the accident inspectors onsite. 1 -2 hrs. max. I feel it is done to display respect/outrage which is understandable but does not help anybody.
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LETS THE COMPANY OWNED THE TRUCK FULLY PAY ALL COMPENSATION TO ALL VICTIMS IF NOT SEND TO COURT N NEED TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY FULLY INVERSEGATION
Take a breath buddy at this time were not sure why the tyre blew it could be a number of things if it was because of negligence im sure the company will have to face the consequences
Anyone filming should be arrested and charged. Should be named and shamed disgusting people.
What exactly do you suppose they should be charged with?
@@milesoats4256being a prick
@@kylecunningham9793 oh sweet I see you put alot of thought into it then.
they filmed, there's laws, its offensive, charge them.
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 - “everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.”
The only places they bother building proper barriers is to protect their precious speed cams to catch mum and dads driving 10km over the limit and making milions with it while the real road criminals know all these cameras.
Are we sure the truck driver didnt fall asleep at the wheel?? Tyre blows out and he steers across the road instead of pulling to the left??? Hmmmm 🤔
Will the NZTA be held accountable, or whatever the maori word for them now is?
Sorry curry 🍛 yes 🏀 you steph curry will be charged for your life steph curry 🍛 😮😂ka.pai bless the lord 🙏 for their family members 🙏