Tourists in head-on crash with ute

Photo by Joe Dodgshun.
Photo by Joe Dodgshun.

Wanaka police officer Phil Vink checks out the wreckage of a German couple's Toyota Camry rental car, which was involved in a head-on crash with a utility truck on the Crown Range road yesterday afternoon.

The couple were taken to the Lakes District Hospital with minor seat-belt injuries.

The ute driver - an Invercargill man - was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm. Speaking to the Otago Daily Times at the scene, Acting Sergeant Tracey Haggart said police had not yet determined the cause of the crash and inquiries were continuing.