LUCKY: A woman was freed from a car on Railway Rd yesterday, after it rolled three times and took out a telephone pole. PHOTO/VICTORIA WHITE
LUCKY: A woman was freed from a car on Railway Rd yesterday, after it rolled three times and took out a telephone pole. PHOTO/VICTORIA WHITE
An elderly woman is in a stable condition after a serious crash yesterday when her car rolled three times and took out a telephone pole on a rural Hastings road.
Emergency services were called to the scene in Longlands about 11.30am, where a car was on its roof on theside of Railway Rd.
Hawke's Bay Road Policing Group sergeant Paul Ormerod said it appeared the driver had been travelling north on the 100km/h road when she came around a bend, drifted on to the left lane, hit a patch of gravel, and lost control.
It was thought the car then hit a rail line bank and rolled three times, taking out a telephone pole before coming to a rest upside down on the left side of the road.
Mr Ormerod said the driver - the only occupant - appeared to have moderate injuries.
She was removed from the car by St John Ambulance staff and transported to Hawke's Bay Hospital.
Last night, a HBDHB said the woman - aged in her 70s - remained in a stable condition.
Police said alcohol was not thought to be a factor in the crash. They believed she must have been wearing her seat belt, otherwise her injuries would have been more severe.
