Source: Radio New Zealand
The accident occurred at 11.15pm on Thursday. 123rf
A motorcyclist has died after driving into the rear of a truck in Auckland.
Police said at about 11.15pm on Thursday night they detected a motorcycle travelling south at high speed on the Southern Motorway near Ōtara.
Superintendent Shanan Gray said police signalled for it to stop however it continued at high speed.
The police motorways unit, which had been carrying out radar speed detection on the southbound lanes of State Highway 1 near Ōtara, did not pursue the motorcycle, he said.
A short time later, the unit was flagged down by the driver of an attenuator truck after the motorcycle collided with the rear of his vehicle just north of the East Tāmaki Road off-ramp, he said.
The man on the motorcycle sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Southbound lanes of State Highway 1 were closed after the accident while a scene examination was carried out but they reopened shortly before 5am on Friday.
The man is yet to be formally identified and the Independent Police Conduct Authority will be informed of the incident.
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