Range Rover with damaged tyre towed following police chase.
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A driver fleeing in a stolen Range Rover has been stopped in his tracks by police spikes and a concrete mixer truck in north-west Auckland.
Police were called to reports of a stolen vehicle near Riverhead shortly after 1pm.
A spokeswoman said police briefly pursued the vehicle but due tothe "dangerous manner of driving" and for reasons of public safety they chose not to follow the vehicle any further.
Ground units monitored the vehicle from a distance before the Police Eagle helicopter was called in to track it overhead, she said.
"At one point the vehicle stopped to let its single passenger out before continuing on at speed," she said.
"Spikes were successfully deployed and the vehicle was starting to slow before it was involved in a collision with a truck in Kumeu."
Atlas Concrete group general manager Shane Coutts said they were "pleased that one of our staff was able to assist police" before somebody in the community was hurt.