Police searching for driver who smashed into West Auckland partygoers

Police are searching for the "out of control" driver who smashed into a group of party-goers in West Auckland just after midnight today.

It is understood the driver left the scene just after the "horrific" incident on Clayburn Rd in Glen Eden, before emergency services arrived at the scene, a police spokeswoman said.

Nearby resident Anton Smith told the Herald he witnessed the whole event.

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"I just happened to be walking by when I saw it all happen. The car smashed into the group of people and other cars and then left just the scene."

Smith said there were dozens of people running around trying to smash up the car and then the cops and ambulance turned up.

"It was pretty crazy," he said.

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 resident AJ Hodges told the

Herald

one girl was on crutches after being struck by the car.

"I spoke to the mother, who lives at the house where the party was happened, this morning. She's still a bit shaken up but everyone's alive which is the main thing," Hodges said.

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.

Empty bottles, yellow marking and broken glass was the only marks left from the Clayburn Rd incident in Glen Eden. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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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.

It is unclear the number of people injured by the car or in 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.

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

Paint marks at the scene of the Clayburn Rd incident in Glen Eden. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

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

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