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A woman had her foot severed after she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tree near Wellsford, north of Auckland yesterday.
Sergeant Stu Kearns of the Waitemata serious crash unit said the woman, aged in her 70s, was trapped by her feet in the wreck of her Toyota Rav 4 after it smashed into a tree on Silver Hill Rd about 10.30am.
The woman was cut free by firefighters and taken to Auckland Hospital in a serious condition by St John Ambulance staff.
