Mount Maunganui forklift rolled: Person taken to hospital after getting trapped

Police at the scene on Links Ave where a forklift has rolled and trapped the driver's leg. Photo / Sandra Conchie

Fire crews lifted a forklift to free a person after it rolled in Mount Maunganui today.

Emergency services were called to Links Ave, near the Links Ave reserve, at noon.

Acting Senior Sergeant Bruce Gordon said the person’s leg was trapped after the forklift rolled.

Fire crews lifted the forklift to free the man, Gordon said.

“It appeared he may have fractures to his leg.”

Work to remove the rolled forklift on Links Ave. Photo / Sandra Conchie

A St John spokesman said one person was taken to Tauranga Hospital in a moderate condition. The road has reopened.

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said two crews attended the scene.