Volunteer firefighters used cutting equipment to remove the occupants of a double cab utility which had rolled 30 metres down a bank on the northern side of Ōtoko Hill.
Firefighters “had to stabilise the vehicle which was stuck on top of a large rock so it didn’t fall any further before they could start any extrication of patients”.
A volunteer firefighter who was at the scene said firefighters used the “jaws of life” equipment on both sides of the vehicle.
A St John spokesperson said that initially one person was transported by helicopter to Gisborne Hospital in a critical condition, one person was transported by ambulance in a critical condition and one person was transported in a moderate condition to Gisborne Hospital.
