SH25/Kopu-Hikuai Rd, Coromandel: Seven injured as truck collides with 'multiple vehicles'

The Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter. Photo / File

Seven people have been injured, three seriously, in a multiple-vehicle crash involving a truck on State Highway 25/ Kopu-Hikuai Rd in the Coromandel.

New Zealand Police, Fire and Emergency and ambulance services were alerted to the crash at 2.10pm yesterday.

A police media spokesperson said early indications were that a truck has collided with multiple vehicles and several people have been injured.

A St Johns Ambulance spokesperson said there were seven injured in the crash.

Two were in serious condition and were airlifted to Middlemore Hospital.

One patient in serious condition was airlifted to Waikato Hospital.

Four other patients - three with minor injuries and one with moderate injuries - were treated at the scene.

Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency said on its Bay of Plenty Facebook page that Kopu-Hikuai Rd between SH26 and SH25 was closed but had since fully reopened.

SH25A KOPU TO HIKUAI - SERIOUS CRASH - 2:35PM
A serious crash has CLOSED #SH25A (Kopu-Hikuai Rd) between #SH26 at Kopu and #SH25 in Hikuai. Please delay your journey or use an alternative route. Updates can be found here: https://t.co/WetUquGVIE. ^MF pic.twitter.com/39SfeJHYiL

— Waka Kotahi NZTA Waikato/BoP (@WakaKotahiWaiBP) July 15, 2021