PHOTO: JULES CHIN
Sergeant Blair Corlet, of Oamaru, said the driver of a hatchback vehicle was attempting to get out of the way of a rural fire truck heading to an emergency but in doing so hit a parked vehicle on the side of the road.
No-one was injured in the accident which occurred about 2.30pm.
Traffic was delayed on Thames Highway and was then cleared as the fire truck was on the way to a fire.
