A Wairarapa man in his 80s was seriously injured and flown to hospital after a car in which he was travelling rolled down a bank near Pirinoa.
Dave Greenberg, Westpac Rescue Helicopter Life Flight crewman, said the single vehicle crash happened on Lake Ferry Road soon after 12pm yesterday.
The man was flown to Wellington Hospital with multiple injuries and the man's wife was taken by Wellington Free Ambulance with less serious injuries to Wairarapa Hospital in Masterton.