A 21-year-old farm worker is in Dunedin Hospital after being hit by a car while crossing a Southland highway yesterday.
Senior Sergeant Brian Benn, of Dunedin, said a 76-year-old Invercargill woman travelling alone in a white Subaru Impreza hatchback collided with the man on a bend on the Lumsden-Dipton Highway, about 4pm.
The worker, who lives in the area, had crossed State Highway 6, about 8km south of Lumsden, to open a farm gate.
He was returning across the highway when he was hit by the car and "thrown'' several metres to a roadside grass verge, Snr Sgt Benn said.
He was flown to hospital by the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter about 5.30pm.
A St John spokesman said the woman was assessed at the scene and required no medical treatment.
A Dunedin Hospital spokeswoman said the man was in a stable condition in the intensive care unit last night.
