Person trapped after crash on SH2 at Pāpāmoa

Firefighters had to extract a person trapped in a vehicle after a crash on State Highway 2 in Pāpāmoa this evening.

Emergency services were called to the crash, between Domain Rd and Kairua Rd, at 9.20pm.

Crews from Pāpāmoa and Mount Maunganui were at the crash, along with a Tauranga unit carrying extraction equipment.

A police spokesman said the road was blocked while emergency services responded and has now re-opened.

Meanwhile, in Rotorua, police are trying to establish what happened to a person brought to Rotorua Hospital after reportedly being hit by a car.

A police spokesman said staff were talking to the injured person's family.