Three people have been critically injured after a car came off the road in rural Canterbury this morning.
The crash, near the intersection of Middleswamp and Guild Rds in Milford, north of Timaru, was reported to police around 11.45am.
Aerial pictures show a red car crashed in a ditch.
The road has been closed and police asked motorists to avoid the area while emergency services worked at the scene.
Fire and Emergency told the Herald that two fire crews from Temuka and Washdyke used hydraulic equipment to extricate two of the occupants.
