UPDATED 2.26PM: A woman has escaped injury after her vehicle crashed down a bank in Maketu this morning.

The Maketu Fire Brigade was called to the accident on Arawa Road at about 9.30am.

Firefighters and police are being called to a crash in Maketu. File photo.

It was initially believed the woman driver was trapped but this is not the case.

Northern Fire Communications shift manager Steve Smith says no one was injured in the crash and firefighters assisted police at the scene.

No other vehicles are reported to be involved in the accident.

St John Paramedics have been called to the scene to check the woman out.

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