Multiple emergency services responded to a multi-vehicle crash in rural Canterbury, which saw a truck collide with two cars.
One person was seriously injured, according to police.
Fire and Emergency Shift Manager Ian Littlejohn said the service received a report at 10.27am of a crash in the Hurunui suburb of Amberley.
Littlejohn said they responded with two appliances from Amberley and Waipara, however the first at the scene was a firefighter in a private capacity.
The firefighter, a volunteer working in the region, went straight to the scene and took control.
