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Man in 80s trapped in ute after crash inside popular Taradale reserve

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Emergency services received reports of the ute crashing into the fence at 11.30am. Photo / Warren Buckland

Emergency services received reports of the ute crashing into the fence at 11.30am. Photo / Warren Buckland

A man in his 80s lay badly injured and trapped when his ute crashed into a fence and rolled inside a popular Napier reserve.

Police, firefighters and ambulance were at 11.30am called to Trigg Cres, Taradale, to find a ute had rolled in Dolbel Reserve.

A police spokeswoman said they had freed the man by 12.15pm and he was being treated.

A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said an ambulance had taken the man to Hawke's Bay Hospital in a serious condition at 12.09pm.

At 3.30pm a Hawke's Bay DHB spokeswoman said the man was in a critical condition on Wednesday morning.

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