Emergency services at a crash scene this afternoon in Willowbank Ave, on the southern outskirts of Napier. Photo / Paul Taylor.
One person has been taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash on a rural road on the southern outskirts of Napier.
The crash off a section of Willowbank Ave, between Kenny and Riverbend roads, was reported at 3.37pm, and a police spokesperson said the crash involved one vehicle with one occupant.
The vehicle was understood to have left the road and crashed into a ditch at the northern side of the road.
Hato Hone St John reported the person was in a critical condition.
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The road remained closed more than an hour later and police serious crash investigators were at the scene.
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