Police were involved in two pursuits early this morning in Auckland, one involving youths and another where a car eventually ran over road spikes before crashing into a pole. It comes as the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) and police are due to release findings into a joint-review on police
Auckland pursuits: Two overnight chases result in crashed cars and arrests
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Charges were not clear however if any of them were charged they would be referred to Youth Aid.
The second incident at 4.20am in Takanini started after a suspected stolen vehicle failed to stop for police in Manuroa Rd.
The vehicle fled and police followed, then the vehicle was spiked, and the car hit a light post at the corner of Alfriston Rd and Great South Rd soon after.
Two people, a 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, were taken into custody.
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Charges were unclear at this stage.
The power to the lights was restored at 7.20am, Auckland Transport confirmed.
UPDATE 7:20AM
— Auckland Transport (@AklTransport) March 14, 2019
These traffic signals now operating normally again. ^TP
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Two days ago, a resident of a Sunnyvale cul-de-sac described to the Herald how he and another person narrowly escaped being run over by a driver of a stolen vehicle as their children watched in terror.
The car involved, which later crashed after a police pursuit in West Auckland, was reported to police for erratic driving four hours before a pursuit.
The vehicle, a red Mazda Demio, was identified by police as a stolen vehicle around 11.45pm.
Police attempted to pull the driver over until the person fled and a pursuit began.
The chase was abandoned, and soon after the vehicle was found crashed into a Henderson property near the intersection of Lincoln and Triangle Rds.
Resident Wasi Ali said the car was driving at speeds around 80km/h down Sunshine Blvd around 7.30pm, four hours before the chase.
He and his wife were alerted to the car on their street by the noise of a screaming car engine and burning tyres.
Fearing for the safety of the children, he went out on to the road to try stop the car.
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"I was in the middle of the road and he went on the footpath and almost ran me over."
"It was a hell of a speed. I would say there were going 80km/h easily."
Police confirmed they received reports of a speeding vehicle on Sunshine Blvd in Sunnyvale about 7.20pm.
"It appears children were playing in the cul-de-sac at the time but there were no reported injuries.
"The vehicle is thought to be the same one involved in a fleeing-driver incident shortly before midnight."
