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'Out of control': Horrific scenes as car rams into partygoers in West Auckland

Emma Russell
By Emma Russell
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2 Feb, 2019 10:23 PM3 mins to read

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Horrific scenes as car 'rammed' into people at party. / Jason Oxenham

A young girl is on crutches after an "out of control" car rammed into a group of party-goers and a fight ensued, resulting in six people being taken to hospital.

Clayburn Rd resident AJ Hodges, in Glen Eden, spoke to the Herald about the overnight ruckus this morning.

Broken glass, empty bottles and police markers were all that was left marking the "horrific" incident, she said.

Still shaken from the mayhem, the 26-year-old said she had spoken to the mother who lived in the house where the party was taken place.

"She's pretty shaken up but everyone's alive which is the main thing," Hodges said.

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"I know one girl is on crutches."

Emergency services were called to Clayburn Rd just after midnight. Police say they had spoken to a number of people but no charges had yet been laid.

It is understood the incident happened outside a party on the West Auckland street.

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"From what I know a car has come up over the kerb, hit some people sitting at the end of their driveway who were having a bit of a party.

"The people at the party came out, a fight began between the occupants of the car and the people who lived here," Hodges said.

A police spokesman said two people were struck by a car and treated for minor injuries at Waitākere Hospital.

A further four people were taken to Waitākere Hospital with minor to moderate injuries, the police spokesperson said.

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It is unclear the number of people injured by the car or the fight that followed.

A Waitematā DHB spokesman said six people turned up at the emergency department between 1.30pm and 1.40pm after the incident.

He said all patients had since been discharged.

Hodges said she knew it was serious when she woke to a woman saying "someone call the police and check her breathing".

Hodges said she didn't think twice and called the police straight away. She was told they had already had multiple calls and were on their way.

"Then about five minutes later a paddy wagon turned up and about 10 or 15 cops jumped out.

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Clayburn Rd, in Glen Eden, where a number of people were injured after a collision with a car outside a party on Sunday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham.
Clayburn Rd, in Glen Eden, where a number of people were injured after a collision with a car outside a party on Sunday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

"All the neighbours were out of the street. It all sounded pretty serious," Hodges said.

Hodges said it was pitch black so she didn't get a look at drivers but people were running up and down the street.

Paint marks a location in Clayburn Rd, Glen Eden, where a number of people were injured after a collision with a car outside a party on Sunday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham.
Paint marks a location in Clayburn Rd, Glen Eden, where a number of people were injured after a collision with a car outside a party on Sunday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

She said the drivers were unknown to people at the party.

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