Injured teen cut free from wreckage after collision

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A teenager was trapped in the mangled wreck of a car for more than an hour tonight after a head-on crash near Putaruru, south-east of Cambridge.

Emergency services were called to State Highway 28 at Tapapa just before 7pm after two cars collided.

A St John Ambulance spokesman said a man and woman in their 40s were taken to Waikato Hospital with moderate injuries.

A teenager in the second car was cut free by firefighters and had serious injuries.

A rescue helicopter was dispatched but could not get to the scene due to bad weather.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.