A car crashed into a creek leaving one person injured in one of two crashes within a minute of each other in Hawke's Bay on Tuesday night.
Emergency services were called to a single vehicle crash on Mill Rd, near Frasertown, at 4.52pm on Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman said the car into a creek or waterway – leaking oil into the water.
Clean-up was required and Wairoa District Council was advised.
A St Johns Ambulance spokesman said one patient, the sole occupant of the vehicle, sustained minor injuries, but wasn't transported to hospital.