Three people have been taken to hospital after a two-car crash in Invercargill.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) spokesman said two vehicles crashed in Curran Rd about 8.30am today.
Appliances from Kingswell, Winton and Invercargill attended the scene with extraction equipment which crews used to rescue the patients, he said.
A police spokeswoman said the road was blocked and road control was placed in Curran and Dunns Rds.
St John communications adviser Gerard Campbell said the patients were taken to Southland Hospital, two with critical injuries and one with moderate.