Traffic chaos around town

Emergency services were kept busy on an afternoon of traffic chaos in Dunedin yesterday.

Shortly before 1pm, a truck hit the open door of a man's car on State Highway 88 in Ravensbourne Rd near De Lacy St, although no-one was injured.

Up the road about 2.30pm, a driver and passenger escaped wet but uninjured when they crashed into Otago Harbour from Aramoana Rd, about 1km north of Deborah Bay, near Lewis St. Police attended and the car was later winched out of the harbour.

Meanwhile in north Dunedin, a white hatchback was damaged after knocking over a street light in Lovelock Ave.