It took over an hour for the person to be removed from the vehicle. Photo / File
Two people were injured and one trapped for over an hour when a car crashed into a power pole near Rotorua.
Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Hamurana Rd near Gloucester Rd in Ngongotahā at 12.20am.
The vehicle carrying two people crashed into a power pole and
one person was trapped.
A police media spokeswoman said the person trapped was removed from the vehicle at 1.30am.
She said the power pole was badly damaged and "about to fall over" and the road was moved to a single lane while the pole was repaired.
