Two fire trucks - one from Porangahau and one from Waipukurau - are also at the scene. Photo / Rachel Wise
A woman and a young child have been seriously injured after the car they were in crashed and between Waipukurau and Porangahau in Central Hawke's Bay.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand said the car left the road, ending up in a ditch on Porangahau Rd, Wallingford, between Bush Rd and
Ugly Hill Rd, about 1.16pm.
The driver, a 57-year-old Central Hawke's Bay woman, was thrown from the vehicle.
A police officer at the scene said the car was travelling south towards Porangahau at the time of the crash. The driver and a 3-year-old girl who was the sole passenger in the car were flown to Hawke's Bay Hospital by rescue helicopter.
