Traffic was backed up following the incident on State Highway 5 south of Rotorua on Tuesday. Photo / Simon Ireland
A woman has been crushed under a van that came loose from a tow truck near Rotorua.
Emergency services were called to the incident south of the Hemo Rd roundabout around 11.20am on Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman today confirmed the van was being winched on to the back
of a tow truck.
“As it was being winched, it appears the tow rope has snapped and the van has landed on a female in her 50s who was trapped under the back tyre of this van.”
The spokeswoman said the woman was believed to be the van’s owner.
