This is what happens when a four-wheel-drive ute and a tractor collide on a narrow country road.
Inside its mangled wreckage, a young man was yesterday fighting for his life as firefighters cut him from the wreckage.
Twenty-four hours on, he is still fighting for survival, with an Auckland City Hospital spokeswoman confirming he remained in a critical condition in their care this afternoon.
![A man remains critically in hospital following the crash. Photo / Westpac Rescue Helicopter](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FHQMWJWUT7BKEFGCJ4NJCA67TU.png?auth=e447a346366dac89a74d62442fa58e079affde79535c5c6b2fd36724cdc8dcde&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The man, aged in his 20s, copped the worst injuries in the 12.15pm crash on the outskirts of Tuakau, in the southernmost reaches of Auckland.