Drivers escape injury in head-on smash

Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic Adam Stevenson cradles Ging, a 10-year-old labrador cross that was a passenger during a two-car collision on the Masterton-Castlepoint Rd on Tuesday.

Two drivers have escaped a head-on collision on the Masterton-Castlepoint Rd unscathed - but a dog in the back of one of the cars was left spooked.

The crash occurred just before 1pm yesterday after a car heading towards Masterton veered across the centre line and hit an oncoming car, heading towards Castlepoint, head-on.

Traffic Constable Steve Forster said the drivers were two older women from around the Wairarapa Coast. Both drivers were uninjured in the crash, which left the vehicles badly damaged and written-off.

"It's quite a big impact, it was extremely lucky there are no injuries," he said.

The drivers were checked by paramedics at the scene.

"There were no injuries, except for the pooch in the back [which] has a bloody nose," Mr Forster said.

The dog, a 10-year-old labrador cross called Ging, was reluctant to leave his owner's smashed car and was carried out by Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic Adam Stevenson.

Driver Patricia, from Mataikona, north of Castlepoint, said the crash happened "too quick" and her concerns heightened when she noticed smoke coming from her car.

"It just happened too quick. I was scared afterwards because the car was smoking and then I couldn't get out my door so I had to climb out the other side and I was worried about the dog," she said.

Patricia said other than a sore elbow she was fine.