Footage of car spinning out of control and crashing on the South-Western motorway near Mangere on Saturday. Video / Ben Scott
A car, being driven on its rims, veers across the motorway at high-speed, missing other cars before rolling into bushes in shocking video shot in Auckland on Saturday.
Ben Scott was the passenger in a truck when he filmed the incident, which took place on the northbound lanes of theSouth-Western Motorway in Māngere.
Scott told the Herald that he heard the car approaching as they travelled down the motorway, describing the sound as like "someone had put a brick in a washing machine".
Video shows the car lose control in the fast lane before swerving across all three lanes of the motorway and rolling into bushes.
A police spokesperson told the Herald that the crash followed a pursuit.
"Around 10.35am police observed a stolen vehicle that was reported to have been involved in an aggravated burglary in Auckland city.
"The driver was signalled to stop and when it failed to do so a pursuit was initiated. It was quickly abandoned shortly due to the manner of driving.
"The vehicle was then spiked on Druces Road, however it continued to Manurewa where it collided with multiple vehicles on Jutland Road. It subsequently lost control on State Highway 20 and rolled down a bank."
One person was taken into custody, uninjured, and is due to appear in the Auckland District Court today in relation to several charges including failing to stop, operating a motor vehicle recklessly, excess breath alcohol and failing to stop to ascertain injury in a crash.
