A man has been flown to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition after a crash near Queenstown today.
Firefighters were forced to use jaws of life cutting gear to free him from the wreckage of a car after it hit a tree on Domain Rd, Speargrass Flat, at 3.32pm today.
![A scene fromt the crash near Queenstown. Photo / James Allan](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TDQDFCGWA6P6JEC2GNU2ZQF7BY.jpg?auth=b6d543cc87a90fac964026a667a965d64b7a9043905b01a06721f428369236d3&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)
Three fire appliances, from Frankton, Arrowtown and Queenstown, went to the crash.
Firefighters from Frankton and Queenstown spent an hour extricating the heavily- trapped occupant, and he was then flown to Dunedin Hospital by an Otago Rescue Helicopter, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.