An elderly man has been airlifted to hospital after his car went over a bank near Opotiki.
The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was called to Waiotahi at 3.15pm where a vehicle driven by a 77-year-old man had careered down a bank and ended up on the side of Waiotahi Valley Rd.
The man suffered head and abdominal injuries and was flown to Tauranga Hospital.
