Police say it was ‘‘very lucky’’ no one was injured after a trailer swung into the side of a ute and flung building materials across a Dunedin motorway. A 21-year-old man was driving his work vehicle to the speed limit when his trailer began swaying side-to-side. The building materials were tied down but the movement caused them to fall off the trailer. The trailer then ‘‘fishtailed and that has jack-knifed the ute’’, Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said. ‘‘It's very lucky nobody else was injured or caught up in the loss of the materials," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 02, 2026 21:53 UTC