Two people in critical condition after crash in front of Auckland CBD hotel

The scene of the crash on Anzac Avenue.

Two people have been hospitalised in a critical condition after an early-morning crash in central Auckland.

A Mazda collided with a pole at the intersection of Anzac Avenue and Parliamencot Street at around 1.55am, a police spokesman said.

There were three occupants in the car at the time. Two of them were critically injured and a third was in a moderate condition.

The scene of the crash on Anzac Avenue.

Photographs of the scene showed a badly-damaged black Mazda angled across the road in front of the Copthorne Hotel.

A bike parking pole is bent over and one of the car’s tyres has been torn off from the impact.

Police said the Serious Crash Unit carried out a scene examination and inquiries into the cause of the crash are ongoing.

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