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Person rammed into fence by car after Rotorua central city altercation

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The incident happened near Pukuatua St in Rotorua.

A car has rammed a man into a fence, destroying it and damaging two cars, after reports of an altercation in a nearby barbershop.

A silver car was parked in the car park of the Grand Treasure Hotel on Pukuatua St in Rotorua's CBD this morning. A black car was parked behind it.

In a video provided to the Rotorua Daily Post, a man gets into the driver seat of the silver car and a man wearing a blue shirt appears from the sidewalk.

The car then reverses and angles towards the man.

Damage to the fence and vehicles. Photo /  Andrew Warner.
Damage to the fence and vehicles. Photo / Andrew Warner.
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The man then walks towards the vehicle and seems to be speaking before running toward the car, and then away from it, as the car rams the man through a red fence and into two parked cars.

The car reverses and drives away as the man walks back towards the car with his arms stretched out.

A man, who did not want to be named, was inside Wilson's Barber Shop at the time the fight broke out.

"[I] think some things were said and then one guy called the other guy out and it was all on," he said.

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"They went outside and it was three small guys taking on one big guy and then they went behind the wall and I heard a car rev and then smash into something."

Police received reports of a car hitting a fence on Pukuatua St around 10.30am after an altercation.

A car rams into a person after a reported gang altercation. Photo / Supplies
A car rams into a person after a reported gang altercation. Photo / Supplies

A police spokeswoman said the incident was said to have happened between 9.15am and around 9.35am.

There were no reported injuries.

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