Three hurt as car hits bridge

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

A CAR hit the small bridge in Stout Street just past Pine Street on Saturday night and two men in the vehicle suffered injuries that needed hospital treatment.

Police, Fire Emergency NZ and St John Ambulance were called to the crash scene at around 7.40pm.

“The vehicle hit the end of the bridge,” police said.

St John Ambulance transported two people to hospital.

“One of the men had serious injuries and another moderate injuries,” an ambulance spokesman said.

One of them was kept in hospital.

“A 52-year-old man was admitted and is in a stable condition,” the hospital reported this morning.

The other man was discharged.

A third person in the car was treated by St John officers for minor injuries. Police said speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.