A person has been airlifted to hospital seriously injured after their car veered off a rural highway and crashed down a bank.
Emergency services were called to the early morning crash north of Roxburgh on State Highway 8, situated between Waikaia Bush Rd and Eliot Rd, about 7:20am.
The single-vehicle crash saw the driver come off the rural road at Shingle Creek before plummeting down a 25-metre bank.
鈥淥ne person has serious injuries and is being airlifted to hospital,鈥 police said.
Motorists have been advised to expect delays if travelling on State Highway 8 in Central Otago today.
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