Crash near Rotorua:Truck and car collide, two injured

Emergency services at a serious crash at the State Highway 36 and Hamurana Rd intersection.

Two people have been seriously injured in a crash near Rotorua.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of State Highway 36 and Hamurana Rd after a crash between a truck and a car about 9.15am

One person was reported to have critical injuries and one serious injuries, police said.

SH36 between Central Rd, Ngongotahā and Jackson Rd, Hamurana was closed for a time but has since reopened.

An eyewitness drove through the crash scene near the intersection of State Highway 36 and Hamurana Rd about 9.30am.

She said a blue car was in a ditch “smashed in” and a large truck was sitting at the intersection.