Five people were rushed to hospital after a car and truck collided in Hastings on Tuesday afternoon.
The crash on Omahu Rd was reported to emergency services at 3.27pm, and the busy road was closed to all but emergency services between Twyford and Chatham roads, as multiple emergency vehicles were at the scene.
Ambulance service Hato Hone St John reported it sent six ambulances and three rapid response units. Five patients were assessed at the scene, with all transported to Hawke’s Bay Hospital, less than a kilometre away.
Four were reported initially to be in serious condition and one in a moderate condition. Police media staff in Wellington said later the five were understood to have been in the car and that one was in critical condition.
Further details on the patients weren’t available, one person at the scene said they saw two children being carried by stretcher to an ambulance.
