Photo: Screenshot / New Zealand Transport Agency
A person has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after a being hit by a vehicle at a property in Wairarapa.
The person was hit on a private property on the Masterton-Castlepoint Road in Tinui, east of Masterton, at about 9.30am, and was later taken to Wellington Hospital in a serious condition.
While another two people are also in hospital following a crash that flipped a car into a paddock in Manawatū.
Emergency services responded to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 57 near Levin at 9.30am.
The road was closed for approximately an hour and a half.
Fire and Emergency said no one was trapped, but one of the vehicles was found upside down in a paddock.
St John said crews assessed seven people and transported two patients to hospital with minor and moderate injuries.
Heavy traffic between Ōtaki and Levin on State Highway 1
Meanwhile, the Transport Agency and motorists are reporting heavy traffic travelling north between Ōtaki and Levin on State Highway 1.
A motorist spoken to by RNZ said traffic on the 110km/h expressway was down to a 10km/h crawl, and guessed it would take about an hour to travel from Ōtaki to Levin.
As of 1.30pm, the Transport Agency estimated a 28 minute travel time.
