A major traffic incident on the M1 motorway has left hundreds of vehicles stranded with flat tyres after a truck spill scattered debris across multiple lanes early Friday morning – with traffic backed up to the Mooney Mooney bridge.
2GB’s Ben Fordham revealed the delays on Friday morning – impacting motorists on the Central Coast.
‘I just saw eight cars pulled over with flat tyres -and within a minute or two, that number had doubled,’ Robert told Fordham.
‘By the time I passed the next hill, there were at least 40 cars pulled up trying to change tyres.’
‘Mate, there’s at least 300 of them. I’m north-bound at the Moonee Moonee Bridge now and there’s hundreds of them,’ one caller said.
‘I’ve been driving down here for 35 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,’ another said.
Transport for NSW and emergency services are now on scene cleaning up the debris from the road.
Debris is said to have scattered across every lane for over 25 kilometres — stretching from near Ourimbah to Mount White.
Drivers are advised to steer clear of the area or brace for major delays.
Coordinator general for Transport NSW Howard Collins told Fordham’s show that traffic was building up and there was at least 40 vehicles in the Mt White heavy vehicle station with flat tyres.
‘We’re working with the police now. I’ve sent as many of our trucks and transport commanders to assists as possible along with our colleagues from the breakdown services,’ Mr Collins said.
‘We believe it’s a dog and trailer where the backdoor has come open and literally spilled metal debris which just shreds tyres.
‘We have vehicles with four tyres gone so it’s not as if you can just get your tyre out.’
Chaos on the M1: A truck spill leaves hundreds stranded with flat tyres – debris stretches over 25km
Emergency crews are responding as debris causes traffic havoc up to Mooney Mooney Bridge
