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One arrested, one injured after fleeing driver crashes into car on Ellerslie highway

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NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Jul 2022, 3:53pm
The closed section. Photo / Auckland Transport
The closed section. Photo / Auckland Transport

One arrested, one injured after fleeing driver crashes into car on Ellerslie highway

Author
NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Jul 2022, 3:53pm

One person is in police custody after failing to stop for officers.

Police say at 12.38pm, they noticed a vehicle wanted in connection with another incident.
Officers signalled for the car to stop, but it fled the scene. It was not pursued, but a police Eagle helicopter was deployed.

Spikes were successfully deployed at the Ellerslie-Panmure highway on-ramp, and the vehicle drove on the wrong side of the highway, hitting a member of the public's car.
This person sustained minor injuries, and was treated at the scene.

The vehicle stopped on the Ellerslie-Panmure highway, and the driver was taken into custody without incident.

The Eastbound lanes on Ellerslie-Panmure Highway were closed between the southbound State Highway 1 Ellerslie-Panmure Highway off-ramp and Main Highway, but have since reopened.

 

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