One person is seriously injured and three trapped in the wreckage, after a car accident in south Canterbury.
Emergency services were called just after 7.30pm to reports of a two-car crash on Barnetts Rd, near State Highway 1.
Police and ambulance are on their way to the scene, with a possibility of patients being evacuated by rescue helicopter.
One person is seriously injured, but there's no word on their exact injuries until emergency personnel can reach them.
Two of the trapped people are in one vehicle, while the third is in the second vehicle.