A man was seriously injured after being hit by a car on a rural road near Katikati yesterday.
The crash, which happened on Wharawhara Rd about 2.30pm, resulted in the male pedestrian being hospitalised.
Senior Constable John Fitzgerald, of Katikati, said at the scene that it appeared a car had lost control and hit the pedestrian who witnesses said had been walking on the side of the road.
Mr Fitzgerald said the cause of the crash was still being investigated.