A toddler and two women are in a critical condition after an accident on Kaipara Coast Highway yesterday.
The accident occurred at 3.20pm when their car rolled in Glorit, south of Wellsford.
Two 15-month-old twins were in the car, as well as their 3-year-old brother, their mother and another woman.
The 3-year-old is in Starship Hospital in a critical condition, and one of the twins is described as stable.
The two women also remain in hospital in a critical condition.
The other twin was not admitted to hospital.
A witness to the accident said he saw the car weave across the centre line before zig-zagging down the road and rolling over.
He said the crash happened on a straight stretch of road, and police said the roads were not busy at the time.
The Serious Crash Unit is investigating.
Meanwhile, a motocyclist is in a stable condition in intensive care in Nelson Hospital after an accident on the Whangamoa Saddle.
The 56-year-old man was airlifted to hospital after he hit a bank near the summit of the Whangamoas around 3.30pm.
Acting senior sargeant Steffan James said speed appeared to be a factor in the crash.
"He failed to take a left-hand turn and narrowly missed a vehicle coming from the other direction," said Mr James.
Police have spoken to the driver of the car.
Mr James said there were no indications that alcohol was a factor.
In Auckland, a heavily pregnant woman was also admitted to hospital after crashing into a lamppost.
Marcia Trembath was travelling on Auckland's Northwestern motorway yesterday when her car skidded into the lamppost around 10am. The lamppost then fell on the car, narrowly mising her two children aged two and four.
Her partner Dean Delaney, a well known soccer player for Mt Albert-Ponsonby, told the Herald on Sunday she had a fractured spine but there were no known injuries to their unborn baby.
"She is 35 weeks [pregnant], and that is looking okay still," Delaney said.
