The single-lane bridge on State Highway 36 in Hamurana has been blocked since the crash at 6 o'clock this evening.

Police say the road will be closed for some time and motorists are asked to avoid the area.

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15 Apr: An unlicensed driver is expected to take years to pay off reparations, after fatally striking and running over a motorcyclist, and fleeing the scene

13 Apr: An unlicensed driver who ran over a motorcyclist before fleeing in Hastings will carry out a community-based sentence

29 Mar: Star Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert has had surgery after suffering multiple fractures in a crash which has put his Giro d'Italia entry in doubt

27 Mar: A motorcyclist has been seriously injured after a crash this evening, on Auckland's Pakuranga Road

20 Mar: A motorcyclist has been critically injured, after colliding with a vehicle at Kaipara Flats near Warkworth

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