Car crashes into Waimana River
Emergency services were called to the Waimana Gorge this morning after a car was found in the Waimana River.
Emergency services from Whakatane, Waimana and Taneatua were called to SH2 just after 9.30am.
A blue Subaru WRX was located fully submerged in the water.
Further inquiries discovered the vehicle crashed at 3am this morning when it had failed to take a corner on Waimana Road, ploughed through the bridge abutment, and down ten metres down a bank and into the river.