Driver seriously injured after car rolls down cliff

The scene of the crash where the car rolled down the cliff. Photo / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust

A teenager was airlifted to hospital after his car plunged 15m down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.

The 19-year-old man from Marton was driving on Colville Rd, north of Coromandel, when the car lost control and rolled down a bank about 10.30am.

Senior Sergeant Juliet Burgess said the man's vehicle left the road and tumbled 15m down a bank "onto rocks by the sea".

She said there was just one car involved in the crash, and the man was the only person in the vehicle.

When emergency services arrived, they worked to free the man from the vehicle, Ms Burgess said.

The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust also responded, and transported the man to Waikato Hospital.

A helicopter spokesperson said the car rolled multiple times to the bottom of the cliff, where it landed right side up.

A Waikato Hospital spokeswoman said the man was under assessment at the hospital's emergency department tonight. She said he was in a serious but stable condition.

Following the crash, the Auckland Rescue Helicopter then carried on to Goldies Bush, Waitakere, where a 12-year-old girl had fallen 4m and needed to be winched out.