An icy road has been pinpointed as a factor in one of two crashes on Hawke's Bay roads early on Tuesday.
The crashes, both involving trucks and with one person being taken to hospital from each incident, happened within 30 minutes with temperatures throughout Hawke's Bay were still below 0 degrees Celsius for the second morning in a row.
The first, involving a logging truck which lost its load on State Highway 2 near Kotemaori was reported to emergency services at just after 7am. The driver was airlifted by Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter from the scene near Haliburton Rd and taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
The southbound lane was blocked and contractors were called to unblock it.