'To know that people do care is really heartfelt.” These are the words from the driver of a ute involved in a serious crash on State Highway 2, Whakamarama.

Lyndsay Gallagher, 46, was on his way home from a trip to Farmlands in Te Puna when he smashed in to the driver's side door of a Honda Accord at 80km/h.

Two vehicles crashed at the intersection of Barretts Road and State Highway 2, Whakamarama, yesterday afternoon. Photo: David Tauranga.

The car had been turning right from Barretts Road onto SH2 and pulled into the path of the ute, which had been heading north.

The impact of the crashed caused both vehicles to end up on the other side of the road.

'I hit him square in the door with the ute. My airbags deployed and you just sit their wondering what the hell just happened,” says Lyndsay.

'When the smoke had cleared, I looked down and saw the guy, and he was slumped down over the wheel, clearly unconscious.”

Lyndsay immediately thought he had killed the other driver.

'It's just a real awful feeling. I was just in a dazed and confused state. '

He says one young chap in a vest came over and obviously knew first aid because he didn't want to move the driver.

A passing ambulance, who was on the way to hospital with a drowning survivor, stopped to check on both Lyndsay and the other driver and opted to leave the man in his seat until another ambulance had arrived.

Firefighters had to cut the post and the door of the vehicle to free the driver.

'I was just sitting on the side of the road, wondering what the hell had just happened,” says Lyndsay.

'I had a bruised right hand, I was so lucky. The doctor at the hospital said you must be blessed because you have just been in a serious car crash and you walked away.”

The 54-year-old driver of the other vehicle sustained head, chest and rib injuries.

Lyndsay can't thank the people who helped in yesterday crash enough.

He says it's amazing to see the community come together and help other people out.

'Senior Constable Eric Busby, Tracy and Chris the ambulance officers and the firefighters. Man they do a lot of work at an accident. They just know what they're doing.

'Senior Constable Eric Busby came along and took charge, got his guys to get traffic moving.

'The local public, how they care, they get involved and stop traffic. The people who know their first aid, the Joe Blogs public that are doing this. To know that people do care is really heartfelt,” says Lyndsay.

'Thank you everyone that helped out yesterday.”

Police are still investigating the crash.