A person has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after a car crash at Mangatawhiri in Waikato this morning.
The Westpac Auckland Rescue Helicopter service said an elderly woman in her 80s had lost control on a bend.
Her car crashed into a sign, veered through a fence and came to a stop in a small ditch.
![The woman had just been rescued from the wrecked car when the rescue helicopter arrived. Photo / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/BVZ2Y66GXMVAYIUMPNKLSCLDZU.jpg?auth=04c42412d06a1066e44505b6f2cc219fccb0813b05e557aec3f80f30b43e4843&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
Emergency services attended the crash on the intersection of Pendergrast Rd and State Highway 2 at 11.26am.