A woman has sustained serious injuries after her vehicle rolled several times in Kaikorai Valley Rd today.
The incident unfolded about 2.45pm, when the woman driving a Honda hatchback attempted to overtake another vehicle while driving south near Kaikorai Valley College.
A witness said the woman clipped the median strip before her vehicle rolled four or five times, took out two cabbage trees, hit another vehicle then came to rest on its side.
About five people rushed to the vehicle as it spilt petrol, while the woman cried for help, the witness said.
Because it appeared the vehicle could catch fire, the group rolled the vehicle onto its wheels and removed the conscious victim from the car, who appeared to be aged in her 50s or 60s.
"I was fully expecting to find a dead body,'' the witness said.
The woman had severe facial bruising and other injuries.
St John spokeswoman Chrissy Hamilton said the woman had been taken to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.
Fire crews also attended and police were interviewing several witnesses.
Both lanes of Kaikorai Valley Rd were closed for at least an hour.
