Ute driver charged with dangerous driving after two-vehicle crash near Baypark Stadium

Police have charged a person after a crash between a tractor and ute. Photo / File

The driver of a ute involved in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 29A near Baypark Stadium has been found.

They have been charged with dangerous driving causing injury.

The crash happened near Baypark Stadium between the Maunganui Rd on-ramp and Truman Rd about 4.10 pm on Tuesday.

A tractor driver was taken to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition after the crash but has since been transferred to Waikato Hospital.

A Waikato Hospital spokeswoman said the patient was in a stable condition in the hospital's high dependency unit.

Western Bay of Plenty's road policing manager Senior Sergeant Wayne Hunter previously said the ute driver had fled the scene before he could be spoken to.

Hunter said the driver had since been found and charged. A court date has not been set.

Inquiries are continuing.

Hunter reminded motorists to look out for farm vehicles.