Firefighters were forced to cut the roof and one side off a vehicle to free a man trapped inside after a collision on the Hewletts Rd Flyover in Mount Maunganui today.
The section of State Highway 2 was closed for about an hour after a two car accident at 12.30pm, with the driver and the passengers of the other vehicle, an older couple, all taken to Tauranga Hospital.
Firefighters from Mount Maunganui and Tauranga worked for 25 minutes to free the trapped man, Senior Station Officer Len Sabin told the Bay of Plenty Times.
"We arrived on the scene to find the occupants of the red car lightly trapped and with minor injuries," he said.
"We let the ambulance officers take over their care while we worked on getting the driver of the other vehicle free.