Car crashes into Lake Rotamā off State Highway 30

Lake Rotomā. Photo / File

Emergency services are responding to a car crash on State Highway 30, Lake Rotomā.

A police spokeswoman said they were alerted to a car that had gone into Lake Rotomā, off State Highway 30, about 8.35am.

One person was rescued from the vehicle.

A St John spokeswoman said an ambulance was sent to the scene, near Ōtangiwai Point, at 8.34am.

One person with minor injuries has been taken to Whakatāne Hospital, she said.

Ōtangiwai Point is the same area where Kawerau woman Julie Kaipara died in April after her car left the road and crashed into the lake.

It is also the same spot where two people died after their car plunged into the lake in July last year.