Sun-strike was the likely cause of a crash where a car flipped on to its roof and plunged down a bank south of Seddon yesterday, witnesses say.
Constable Michelle Stagg, of Blenheim, said the 25-year-old female driver failed to take a right-hand bend as she was travelling north on State Highway 1, near Tetley Brook Rd, about 4.35pm.
The driver and a female passenger were uninjured in the crash.
Witnesses said the driver was likely "dazzled by the sun".
John Crouch said he had been following the car for several kilometres and he felt the driver had not been driving dangerously. Mr Crouch said the sun strike had been severe when he was driving behind the car.
He "couldn't believe it" when he saw the car drive through a fence, down a bank and flip onto its roof.
The car narrowly missed colliding with a bridge.
Two women stopped to help the occupants out of the vehicle which had a "strong smell of petrol", according to Mr Crouch.
The Seddon Volunteer Fire Brigade, Blenheim police and St John Ambulance attended.
At 5.50pm emergency services attended another crash on Redwood St near Stephenson St, Blenheim.
Miss Stagg said a 17-year-old woman drove her car into the back of a Nissan car after she failed to see the vehicle stop and indicate to make a right-hand turn into Stephenson St.
The crash caused moderate panel damage to both vehicles and a passenger from the Nissan suffered mild whiplash.
Police were investigating both crashes and charges were likely, she said.
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