A six-year-old boy has died after a ute went down a bank on Turakina Valley Road.
The single vehicle crash happened just before 2.15pm on Tuesday between Kauaekeke Road and Bald Hill Road in the Rangitikei District.
Another person was winched out of the vehicle with the assistance of a helicopter, and flown to hospital.
Three other people were transported to Whanganui Hospital by road.
There were no other vehicles involved and police were unable to confirm patients' injury status.