Witness tries to extinguish car fire after Remutaka Hill motorway crash

1:16 pm on 27 December 2023
A three-car crash happened on Remutaka Hill on 27 December, 2023.

A three-car crash happened on Remutaka Hill on 27 December, 2023. Photo: Supplied / Jeff Ng

Remutaka Hill has reopened in both directions after a three-car crash this morning.

Police were notified about the incident shortly after 9.40am.

Witness Jeff Ng was travelling north on the State Highway 2 road between Upper Hutt and Featherston.

He rounded a bend and saw smoke about a hundred metres away.

A three-car crash happened on Remutaka Hill on 27 December, 2023.

A burning car in the three-car crash on Remutaka Hill on 27 December, 2023 Photo: Supplied / Jeff Ng

Ng said he walked towards a burning car and tried to use a small fire extinguisher, but the flames were too strong.

Another passer-by with a larger extinguisher said he had also tried to fight the blaze to no avail, he said.

Three people received minor to moderate injuries.