Occupants of a four-wheel drive ute are lucky to have escaped uninjured after their vehicle overturned down a bank of Lake Rotorua.
Emergency services were called to the scene on a bend at Hamurana Rd, near State Highway 33, just after 4pm today.
The road was closed to one lane as fire trucks and road safety vehicles surrounded the vehicle.
Police senior sergeant Geoff Barnett said officers were still at the scene early this evening assisting with traffic as a tow truck tried to salvage.