One injured as car plunges down embankment

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One person with serious injuries has been airlifted to Waikato Hospital after a car plunged down a steep bank and rolled near Kihikihi, south of Hamilton, soon after daylight today.

The vehicle left Owairaka Valley Rd and went down a bank, trapping both occupants, police said.

One was taken to hospital and the other escaped serious injury.

Further north near Karaka, 40km south of downtown Auckland, a diesel spill on Karaka North Rd and Walters Rd has prompted police to issue a "drive carefully" warning to motorists.

Police said the spill was being cleaned up.

- NZPA