A police pursuit involving the armed offenders squad and a helicopter ended when a car crashed near Upokongaro.
State Highway 4 was blocked off for two hours between Kaiwhaiki Rd and Whanganui River Rd yesterday afternoon.
Two ambulances and about 10 police cars were at the scene while armed offenders officers were also involved and were seen boarding a helicopter near the Wanganui Library.
Wanganui police response manager Senior Sergeant Paul Baskett said members of the public had seen a car being driven dangerously through Rangitikei. It was last seen at the south entrance to Wanganui and turned down State Highway 4. It passed a stationary police car at Upokongaro where police tried to get the car to pull over. It sped up before crashing.