A young father had to scramble up a bank to alert emergency services after spending a night trapped with his partner and baby following a crash near Taupo.
The single-car crash occurred about 9pm yesterday, on State Highway 5 near Waipunga Falls but emergency services weren't alerted until this morning, after the dad climbed up to the roadside.
In a post on the Bay of Plenty & Taupo Police Facebook page, it was reported that fire services abseiled down to the family, and a helicopter deployed a longline to winch the couple and their baby to safety.
Senior Constable Dave Wells said it was a good result all round.