Man pinned under two-tonne van at NSW home

A man has been airlifted to hospital after being pinned under a two-tonne van at a property in NSW's Hunter Region.

The 62-year-old man was working on the vehicle at his home in Rutherford on Tuesday morning when it rolled onto him, pinning him by the chest, a Westpac Rescue Helicopter spokesman says.

He suffered internal, abdominal and chest injuries and was flown to John Hunter Hospital.