A driving instructor was critically injured when a car being driven by teenage girl collided with a truck on the outskirts of Te Awamutu this morning.
Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 3 about 10.35am.
"Initial indications are that the crash occurred after a northbound car driven by a teenage girl lost control and ended up colliding with a southbound truck," said Inspector Freda Grace.
A driving instructor who was a passenger in the young woman's car suffered serious injuries in the crash and was taken to Waikato Hospital in a status one condition.
He was initially trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut free.
