A lone officer attempted to take the man’s keys and detain him, however, the man resisted arrest.
A local caught up in the traffic caused by the incident told the Herald she felt sorry for the lone female officer left to try to detain the man who refused to leave his car.
“She was giving it her all,” the witness said.
“Power to her, she was trying so hard to get him out, he was obviously resisting,
“I didn’t know how she was going to cope trying to get that guy out by herself.”
The Eagle helicopter was used to bring in two other officers to assist with restraining the man before he was taken into custody.
The man is due to appear in Auckland District Court on Monday and is facng multiple charges, including dangerous driving, resisting police, assaulting police, and failing to stop or ascertain injury in a non-injury crash.