Two fleeing drivers crash into houses in separate incidents
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Save A man is on the run from police after the car he was driving smashed into a Papatoetoe home, causing a fire. File photo
Two fleeing drivers have crashed into houses in separate incidents this morning.
Police began pursuing a "suspicious vehicle" in Upper Hutt about 7.50am this morning after it failed to stop for police.
A short time later it crashed into a house on Moeraki Road and ruptured a gas main.
The
occupant of the house and surrounding neighbours have been evacuated as a precaution while the leak is fixed.
The occupant was not harmed but is being offered support by police and other services.