UPDATED 5.52pm: A seriously injured man was flown to hospital after a head on crash in Athenree.
Emergency services were called to the crash on Emerton Rd about 3.10pm yesterday.
A 23-year-old man was airlifted to Tauranga Hospital with hip injuries and two broken legs.
A St John spokesperson said the man's 24-year-old wife was also taken to hospital with minor facial injuries.
The 71-year-old man in the other car was taken to hospital by ambulance with moderate to serious internal injuries.