A police officer was amazed that two people managed to escape with moderate injuries after a car collided with a logging truck yesterday.
Sergeant Chris McLeod said the crash happened at the intersection of Waiotapu Loop Rd and State Highway 5 at about 12.25pm.
He said the two people were initially reported as being trapped. "They are extremely lucky. It was a little car versus a logging truck.
"That's the modern car for you. Modern cars are made to absorb impact and when you look at that you ask, how the hell did they survive it?" Mr McLeod said.
He believed the car had been coming out of the side road controlled by a stop sign and the logging truck clipped the front of the car, which then came to a stop about 30m south of the intersection.