Two cousins last night remained seriously ill in hospital after an early-morning weekend crash near Napier.
Teneia Hura, 28, of Napier, was in a critical condition in intensive care, and a 36-year-old cousin was seriously ill in a high dependency unit, Hawke's Bay Hospital media staff reported.
The two women were in a car which hit a pole in Eriksen Rd, off Kenny Rd near the southeastern outskirts of Napier, about 3.30am on Saturday.
The Fire Service was called to the scene of the accident at 3.41am and an officer said the crew arrived to find one person trapped under the car and the other inside, with police already at the scene.
The pole snapped at the base and was swinging from live wires as the Fire Service began working nearby to lift the wreckage to free the younger woman and to extricate the other occupant.