Greytown driver critically injured

A Greytown woman was seriously injured when the minivan she was in spun out, hit a bank and rolled at the top of Mt Bruce hill last night.

The 37-year-old woman was trapped for an hour and a half inside the vehicle with serious head injuries. Firefighters had to cut the woman free.

A 44-year-old Masterton man was also in the van but came out unscathed, with minor injuries.

It is not yet known who was driving the minivan, said Masterton Police Senior Sargeant Carolyn Watson.

She said neither of them were wearing seatbelts.

It was travelling south down State Highway 2, around 7.30pm, when it veered left over the centre line.

The driver overcorrected and drove into a bank, going up 2 and half metres, spinning out and rolling to the other side of the road.

The woman was taken to Wairarapa Hospital in a critical condition.

On Friday morning she was in a stable condition in the hospital's high dependency unit.

It took till midnight to clear the scene and the road was closed periodically.

Helicopters were unable to be used because of the foggy weather conditions.