Northland police seek driver after car crashes into Mangamuka garage

Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a garage early this morning in Mangamuka.

Far North area response manager Senior Sergeant Richard Garton said just after 4am, a vehicle left State Highway 1 near the intersection with Mangamuka Rd, and drove through a wooden fence.

The vehicle then travelled a “short distance” before “crashing into a garage”, he said.

“No one was injured in the crash.”

Garton said the driver fled and did not return.

This morning’s crash follows another on May 6 when a speeding vehicle became airborne and crashed through the roof of a Whangārei home.

No one was home when the crash occurred, but a neighbour said a piece of fence was embedded into her garage ceiling.

The driver fled and the Advocate understands they have not yet been located.

Brodie Stone covers crime and emergency for the Northern Advocate. She has spent most of her life in Whangārei and is passionate about delving into issues that matter to Northlanders and beyond.