The vehicle crashed into a stationary car at the intersection of Redoubt Rd and Goodwood Drive in Manukau, South Auckland. Image / Google Maps
The vehicle crashed into a stationary car at the intersection of Redoubt Rd and Goodwood Drive in Manukau, South Auckland. Image / Google Maps
A stolen vehicle whose driver failed to stop for police, and fled, crashed soon after into a stationary car at an intersection in South Auckland today.
A boy aged 12 who was in the fleeing vehicle was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The police said his condition wasnot a result of the crash.
His condition was later said to be serious.
Police officers had tried to stop the stolen vehicle at about 8am.
The vehicle was being driven in a manner that raised suspicions, said Senior Sergeant Peter Marriott, of the Counties Manukau police.
Officers believed it might have been linked to a series of burglaries overnight in the Counties Manukau area.
Police followed the vehicle, which contained five people, for around 10 minutes.
It collided with a stationary car that was waiting in heavy peak-hour traffic at the intersection of Redoubt Rd and Goodwood Drive, Manukau. No one was injured.
