A young driver was lucky to escape serious injury after narrowly missing a roadside pipe carrying the main water supply for Carterton and flipping her car on Brooklyn Rd yesterday.
Carterton fire chief Wayne Robinson said the woman, 18, was the sole occupant of the car and had been found still in her car when firefighters arrived at the crash scene soon after 7.30am.
He said a door was cut from the stricken vehicle and the woman, who suffered moderate injuries, was put in a scoop stretcher and carried to an ambulance.
The woman was soon afterward taken to Wairarapa Hospital for further assessment and treatment.