Person in serious condition after cars crash at Clayton Rd intersection, Rotorua

Emergency services at the scene of the two-vehicle crash. Photo / Andrew Warner

Two people have been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition, after a two-vehicle crash on Clayton Rd near the intersection with Fairy Springs Rd in Rotorua.

A Fire and Emergency spokesman said firefighters had extracted a person who was trapped.

A St John media spokeswoman said two ambulances were called to the scene at 4.22pm.

One person was in a serious condition and another in a moderate condition.

Earlier:

A Fire and Emergency spokesman said one person was trapped.

"We are getting to work with rescue tools."

The call came in at 4.22pm.

Police arrived on the scene shortly before 4.30pm, a police spokesman said.

The crash was reported to be head-on.

People have been injured, but it is not clear yet how many or how severely.

St John ambulance has also been called to the scene.

A photographer at the scene said one lane of Clayton Rd, heading towards Mount Ngongotaha, was blocked from the Fairy Springs Rd lights.