1.15pm A young man's car has gone though a fence into the side of a house on Oban Rd in Greerton.
Constable Andrew McDonald said the man had an injured neck and had been taken to Tauranga Hospital for observation.
Neighbour Alex Griffin, 18, was first on the scene and helped the man out of his car.
"We heard a huge bang. We thought a truck and trailer must've fallen over on the main road it was that big.
"I sprinted out there and went straight to the car thinking I would see a dead body or someone was going to be really injured.