UPDATE: One injured in tractor and ute crash

FILE

Updated:

A 55-year-old man is in very serious condition in Waikato Hospital after the ute he was driving had a head on crash with a tractor on Broadlands Rd last night.

The man was treated at the scene by an ambulance before being transported by the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter to hospital.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Earlier: A person has been injured after a ute and tractor collided south of Rotorua.

Police are currently at the scene of the crash on Broadlands Rd, between Rotorua and Taupo.

A Rotorua police spokesman said it appeared the ute struck the tractor on the road about 5.55pm.

The driver of the ute was injured and was being treated by an ambulance at the scene, he said.

Diversions have been put in place.