A woman was “lucky” to survive after she was involved in a head-on crash between a truck and a car in Tautoro south of Kaikohe yesterday.
The female driver had to be freed from her car following the crash on Mangakahia Rd shortly before 2pm.
Serious crash investigator Jeff Cramp said their investigations showed the crash occurred when the driver’s car drifted across the centre line for reasons still under investigation.
The force of the head-on impact was enough to damage and tear off the right-hand wheel of her vehicle.
“She is lucky to have survived it as she did,” Cramp said.