Highway emergency: Person in serious condition after Stuart Hwy crash south of Acacia Hills

All lanes of the highway will be closed and emergency services are co-ordinating a helicopter for an occupant of a car which rolled south of the Acacia Hills service station.

The Stuart Hwy near the Acacia Hills service station. Picture: Google Maps.

Emergency services are responding to a car crash on the Stuart Highway which has left a person in a serious condition.

At 3.42pm on Monday NT Police said a helicopter was being organised to take an occupant of the car to Royal Darwin Hospital.

At 4.20pm it was confirmed the extraction had started, and motorists could expected a 15 to 20 minute wait until traffic resumed.

The single vehicle rollover occurred 500m south of the Acacia Hills service station, about 45 minutes south of Darwin City.

Police said all lanes of the highway would be closed for a short time, and motorists were advised to obey all emergency services directions and drive with caution.

Originally published as Highway emergency: Person in serious condition after Stuart Hwy crash south of Acacia Hills