Four hurt in crash on SH2 near Te Karaka

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

A car with four people in it rolled on State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka yesterday morning.

The occupants, two adults and two children, were all transported to Gisborne Hospital by St John ambulance.

The crash happened at around 7am about a kilometre north of Holdsworths Bridge.

“The car rolled and went into a ditch,” a senior firefighter said.

“The occupants were taken to hospital with minor to moderate, mainly superficial, injuries.”

They were all out of the vehicle when the emergency services arrived.

The Te Karaka Volunteer Fire Brigade attended, along with police and two ambulances.

Firefighters from Gisborne were also called out to the crash, but were recalled while they were on their way.

The highway was down to one lane at the scene for a time while the patients were tended to and the crash scene cleared.

Police have an inquiry under way.

■ The emergency services were called to the top of Panikau Hill on State Highway 35 at around 9.30am on Friday after a ute and car collided.

An emergency services spokesman said the people in one of the vehicles suffered some minor injuries.