By RNZ
It took nearly four hours to free a critically-injured truck driver after their vehicle careened 10m down a bank in Hawke's Bay this morning.
Emergency services were first notified of the crash on State Highway 5 at Te Haroto at 9.34am today.
It wasn't until 1.29pm that the driver was finally freed from the wreckage.
Police estimated the vehicle crashed 10m down a bank, but there was a 30m drop into a ravine below.