Man seriously injured after car rolls into paddock

A man was hospitalised with serious injuries after his car rolled into a paddock. File photo / Greg Bowker

The owners of a 20ha farm in rural South Auckland where a man crashed into a paddock this morning are hoping for the driver's speedy recovery.

A man was hospitalised with serious injuries after his car rolled into a paddock on Glenbrook Rd at Kingseat about 7.30am.

The car landed on its roof in the paddock and the driver was cut out and taken to Middlemore Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. He is in a stable condition.

Property owner Anne Phillips said her family was away at the time of the crash.

Friends who were looking after the property said the first they heard about it was when the Fire Service asked for some horses in a nearby paddock to be moved, Ms Phillips said.

No animals were in the paddock where the car crashed through the wooden fence, she said.

"[The fence damage] is the least of our worries. We just hope the guy in the accident is going to be okay.

"The horses were nearby but apparently they weren't worried by the helicopter at all."

Ms Phillips said it was not a dangerous spot on the straight stretch of road near a major roundabout.

There had not been a crash there as far as she could remember in the 10 years she has lived there, Ms Phillips said.

"There used to be a lot of trouble down the end but since the roundabout has been in, it hasn't been a problem. Most cars slow down for it.

"It's just very unfortunate."

Traffic was diverted off Glenbrook Rd earlier today but the road has now reopened.