Three people are missing after a car crashed off the road into a river in Marlborough overnight.
Emergency services were alerted at 1.45am after the crash at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Bush Road in Tuamarina, just north of Blenheim.
The car had five occupants, and two were able to get out of the car safely. They had moderate injuries and were transported to hospital.
Three other occupants remained unaccounted for, police said.