Police pursuing a driver through the Hawke's Bay town of Waipukurau on Tuesday night ram him off the road and into the local sports park, before he flees through it on foot. Video / Facebook New Zealand Pigs
Police put an end to a police pursuit through Central Hawke's Bay on Tuesday night by ramming the fleeing car down a bank and into a Waipukurau sports park.
Dramatic video of the incident, shared on Facebook, then shows a man leaving his crashed car and fleeing through Russell Parkon foot as police try to make their way down the bank towards him.
He was arrested shortly after and was due to appear in the Hastings District Court on Wednesday, police said.
The video of the incident had more than 26,000 views on Facebook by Wednesday morning.
The moment the police car rams the car off the road. Photo / Facebook
A police spokesperson said they had been trying find a Hawke's Bay man wanted on warrants to arrest and a number of outstanding offences when he was spotted driving south towards Waipawa from Pakipaki on State Highway 2 at 5.20pm on Tuesday.
A car at a standstill in Russell Park, Waipukurau, after the incident on Tuesday night. Photo / Supplied
Hastings police pursued the driver while Waipukurau units deployed road spikes just south of Waipawa.
By the time the driver crossed the Tukituki Bridge at Waipukurau he was driving on his rims.
Hastings police overtook the car and nudged it off the road where it went down a steep bank, through a fence and came to rest on Russell Park sportsfield.
The man then left the vehicle and fled on foot across Russell Park. He was caught a short while later and taken into custody.
Hastings police overtook the car and nudged it off the road where it went down a steep bank, through a fence and came to rest on Russell Park sportsfield. Photo / Rachel Wise
Police said the man had been charged with a number of offences from Tuesday's incident as well as other matters.
