South Otago logging truck crash: Driver airlifted with serious injuries

A driver has been airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after his logging truck rolled off the road in South Otago this morning.

Police said they were advised just after 11am that a logging truck had gone off the road on Coe Rd, between Paterson Rd and Hillend Rd, Stony Creek.

Hato Hone St John sent an ambulance, operations manager, rapid response unit, and helicopter to the crash.

The driver was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.

Earlier, Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Ryan Dawson said multiple crews from Balclutha, Milton and Roslyn were on the scene.

Dawson said they were working to extricate the person.

More to come.