Man run over in domestic dispute

A block of flats on Karamu Rd South, Hastings, was cordoned off yesterday as the CIB investigated the scene where a woman allegedly ran over her ex-boyfriend. Photo / Duncan Brown

A woman allegedly chased and ran over her ex-boyfriend yesterday afternoon, after he refused to give her money.

Police cordoned off the scene on Karamu Rd South, Hastings, as they searched a block of flats for the woman.

A witness said he saw a girl in a "tatty" car with a cracked windscreen drive over the footpath and appear to chase a man across the lawn. He managed to get out of the way by backing on to the flats' steps.

A woman who was next door said she went outside after she heard a lot of yelling.

The woman's car was parked half on the pavement, she said, and the woman ran over the man before parking and going inside one of the flats.

The woman and other witnesses moved the 22-year-old man to her house. He was conscious and told them his ex-girlfriend ran him over because he didn't have any money for her.

When the man's mother, Te Aroha Valentine, arrived at the scene she said her son had been slipping in and out of consciousness, so she called the police.

"He was all grazed up ... he said he had felt his head go under the wheel," she said.

Her son had been staying at her nearby residence and had children with his ex-girlfriend.

"There were heaps of witnesses," Ms Valentine said, "which is good for my son's sake.

"I hope he pulls through," she said.

A St John Ambulance Service spokesman said the man had been walking around when an ambulance arrived at the scene about 4.30pm.

The man had minor head injuries and abrasions.

He was taken to hospital in a stable condition and was later discharged.

Police at the scene confirmed someone had been run over but would not say if it had been deliberate. Eastern District Command Centre Senior Sergeant Nick Dobson said it was a motor-vehicle crash which the Serious Crash Unit had attended.

It was being investigated by Hawke's Bay CIB.