The couple who were rushed to Whanganui Hospital on Wednesday morning after their car rolled into a ditch near Taihape Golf Course have been discharged.
Emergency services were called to the scene on State Highway 1 between Puriri Rd and West Rd around 9.40am.
A St John spokeswoman said a call was received at 9.42am and two ambulances and a helicopter were sent.
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The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter said both occupants, a man and a woman in their 50s, became trapped after their vehicle had left the road and rolled onto its roof and into the ditch.