An elderly man is in a serious but stable condition after a single-vehicle accident on the Armidale Road near Grafton around lunchtime.
Emergency service personnel went to the scene after the man’s car hit a tree 13 kilometres west of the city.
The victim was trapped in his car for around 30 minutes before being freed by an SES rescue crew.
He suffered extensive injuries to both legs and was airlifted by the Westpac rescue helicopter to Lismore Base Hospital.
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