A mother and her young daughter were lucky to escape serious injury after their vehicle was hit by another car which failed to stop at a Castlecliff intersection yesterday.
The incident happened about 1.30pm, when the driver of a Ford Falcon drove through a give-way sign in Bamber St and
hit the other vehicle.
Constable Trevor Scarrow of Whanganui Police said the woman and her daughter were not injured but badly shaken.
"The other vehicle simply didn't stop. The woman tried to follow in her car, but the other car left at high speed," Mr Scarrow said.
He said the offending car, driven by a male Caucasian, was a dark green 1990s Ford Falcon and was estimated to have reached speeds of 120km/h as it raced away from the crash scene through Castlecliff streets.
