Driver's sinking feeling

A man is in Waikato Hospital with a serious head injury after driving his car off the road and into the Wanganui River.

The Waikato-King Country Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called out to Taumarunui this morning after reports a 32-year-old man's car was submerged in the river.

A view of the man's car in the Wanganui River from the Waikato-King Country Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

A rescue helicopter spokesperson says the man was apparently travelling along Hikumutu-Marsack Road when his car left the road ending up in the water.

'By the time rescue services were on the scene, the man had been extricated from the fully submerged vehicle,” says the spokesperson.

He was transported to Taumarunui Hospital with a serious head injury and a decreased level of consciousness.

He was later flown to Waikato Hospital for further evaluation and treatment.

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