The driver of a ute was taken to hospital after a crash in Portsmouth Dr that littered the road with shattered beer bottles, apparently thrown from the vehicle.
A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash near Dunedin’s Edgar Centre shortly before 4pm yesterday.
The eastbound lane was closed due to a large amount of glass on the road.
It appeared the driver had not suffered injuries, but was taken to Dunedin Hospital, the spokeswoman said.
A witness said she did not see the crash, but heard a loud bang from inside the Edgar Centre.
He appeared "upset", she said.
A passer-by noted "a lot of 12-packs of Corona" among the shattered glass strewn across the road and in front of the vehicle.
The car’s rear right wheel had come off in the crash.
One witness said he saw the ute round a slight bend in the road at speed and lose control before crashing into rocks at the edge of the road.
