Serious injuries in crashes on rural North Island roads

At least two people have been injured in serious crashes on rural North Island roads.

Fire crews near Poukawa south of Hastings are battling to free the driver of a car that rolled into a paddock off Middle Rd just after 4pm.

A Fire and Emergency spokesman said firefighters were extricating the injured driver of the upside down vehicle.

Meanwhile, firefighters were working to free another injured driver trapped in a milk tanker that rolled on a rural Taranaki road shortly after 1pm.

The spokesman said emergency services received a report the truck had rolled on Beaconsfield Rd near Stratford about 1.12pm.

Fire crews were on the scene and working to extricate the trapped driver, he said.

A police spokeswoman said the driver had serious injuries.

The crash was not blocking the road, she said.