Avatar star Cliff Curtis hospitalised with internal injuries after high-speed crash

Cliff Curtis was reportedly with another individual in the Tesla that crashed into a parked taxi (Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Cliff Curtis has said he was left injured in a New Zealand crash after a Tesla he was in reportedly crashed into a taxi.

The Kiwi actor, 58, was reportedly one of two people in the Tesla, which collided with a parked Prius taxi on Auckland’s waterfront last week.

The incident is said to have occurred at 10.30pm at a busy intersection on September 23. Firefighters on the scene reportedly cut the driver out of the taxi and provided him with life support until emergency services arrived.