Motorisits are being asked to avoid a section of SH16 in Whenuapai following a diesel spill this morning.
Fire service are at the scene cleaning up the road and while this happens a section of SH16 in the area of Kennedys Road and the Coatsville-Riverhead Highway is closed.
There have been two minor crashes on the road due to the diesel spill one of which occured just before 7.30am.
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Issued by Police Media Centre