A person has been freed from their vehicle after a high-impact crash that caused a car engine to be ripped out of the bonnet.
Emergency services were called to the two-car crash at the intersection of Harmans Gorge Rodd and Woodstock Road at about 10am.
![A crash on Harmans Gorge Rd in North Canterbury. Photo / George Heard](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OKXRDDGK4S2KDUFMOWKTWZIZYI.jpg?auth=d0d305a5e9caf6e863ea08c8673e0908d5217998dbd923664de3db63c55685f1&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The crash happened between Oxford and Sheffield on the north side of the Waimakariri River.