A 29-year-old hitchhiker hit by a van while she stood on a grass verge in Te Puke remains recovering from serious injuries today.
The Tauranga woman was this morning in a 'serious but stable condition' after the crash yesterday, a Tauranga Hospital spokesman said.
The woman was in a critical condition at hospital last night.
Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion said the woman had been standing on a grass verge on the side of Jellicoe St when the van had come off the road and up the verge and hit her shortly before noon.
![The van was parked on a verge near the crash site.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7ZGKKKE3KT3TTPDAQLDH5N5QAY.jpg?auth=309d1c147ea9aebb5f7ebeddabc9a75a1be214de087d5d36f69d9f5cac9b17e9&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)