
Two hospitalised after serious crash on SH2 in Hastings
A helicopter was requested to respond to the scene.
A helicopter was requested to respond to the scene.
Emergency services were called to the crash about 3.04pm.
St John Ambulance said they took one person to Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries.
Fellow whitebaiter raised the alarm after horror unfolded.
St John said the patient had suffered serious injuries.
A teenager was reportedly struck by a ute before it fled the scene.
One person remains in a serious condition at Palmerston North Hospital.
Emergency services have completed a multi-agency exercise led by the Police, simulating a marine search and rescue in the Auckland Harbour this morning. Video / NZ Herald
FENZ say they were alerted to the fire just after 1pm.
WorkSafe were advised and inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
Police incident callouts over the weekend included these more serious ones.
The response "should have taken 10 minutes but it took an hour and a half.”
St John Ambulance said they took one person to Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries.
Police are looking for vehicles of interest, a Ford Falcon and a Mazda Axela.
Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on Matawai Rd.
Three people have been taken to Gisborne Hospital with serious to critical injuries.
The scene examination will include an assessment of whether the incident was deliberate.
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"We did have three fire trucks, a Hazmat unit and a support vehicle there.”
City Rail Link's new stations are the stage for three emergency training exercises involving Police, Fire and Emergency and St John. Video / Jason Oxenham
Onlookers watched nervously from behind safety barriers.
St John believes the industrial action Tuesday-Wednesday caused no patient harm.
The ambulance officers are striking for four hours each shift on Tuesday and Saturday.
In today's headlines with Wilhelmina Shrimpton, Kiwi on board sunk luxury yacht, thousands of St John staff walk off the job, and boost to Auckland safety.
One patient was taken to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.
Images from the scene show the windscreen of the bus cracked.