Couple hurt in car crash

A couple escaped serious injury after the car in which they were travelling left the road on State Highway 2 north of Masterton yesterday.

Masterton Fire Service station officer Garry Nielsen said a man driving the Nissan vehicle had failed to negotiate a sweeping corner near the intersection of the highway and Kaiparoro Rd.

The car left the road and came to rest in a roadside culvert.

He said the vehicle narrowly missed a power pole and a woman passenger had to be extricated from the car with suspected chest injuries and bruising.

He said the driver also received bruising in the crash.

Police and ambulance officers attended the crash scene and the couple were treated for minor injuries at the site.